Voices
GERRY
SMITH
HUFFINGTON
08.18.13
AFP/GETTY IMAGES
Edward Snowden Is Only
the Latest Cyber Fugitive
to Find Haven in Russia
EDWARD SNOWDEN may be the
most high-profile computer-savvy
fugitive to find safe haven in Russia, but he is hardly the first. In the
telling of American law enforcement
authorities, Russia has become a
primary sanctuary for hackers who
use the Web to attack companies
and individuals in the United States.
When President Obama scrapped
a planned Moscow summit with
Russian President Vladimir Putin
last week, the White House acknowledged that one factor was
Snowden, the fugitive intelligence
A man in
Moscow looks
at a photo
of Edward
Snowden
(center) in a
meeting with
Russian rights
activists and
lawyers in
July 2013.