Prism Whistleblower Edward Snowden Disappears
Written by Amber Green
he whistleblower who leaked details of top-secret US surveillance programmes has disappeared from sight in Hong Kong- with Russia saying it would consider granting him asylum.
Edward Snowden, 29, left his hotel on Monday, ahead of a probable attempt by the US government to have him returned to face charges.
Mr Snowden, who was a contractor for the National Security Agency( NSA), had admitted giving details of the monitoring of phone calls and internet data, from companies such as Google and Facebook, to The Guardian and Washington Post.
He checked out of Hong Kong ' s Mira Hotel, where he was last confirmed to be, hours after going public in a video released on Sunday by The Guardian.
His whereabouts are not known but he is believed to still be in the Chinese territory.
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