The computer specialist who fled to Hong Kong says he can’t get a fair trial in the United States, and blamed President Obama for hiding “systemic violations of law” in the government’s surveillance program.

Democrat congressman says he was ‘startled’ by agency’s disclosure in closed-door hearing.

From his childhood as a ‘nerd’ in Maryland to his release of classified government documents, details paint a curious portrait of the computer specialist who has sparked an international controversy.

Despite widespread outrage, the NSA expresses no remorse and has no intention of shutting down controversial programs that track the communications activity of billions of Americans.

Google has revealed how they secretly delivered information to the NSA for the clandestine electronic surveillance program PRISM.

Former Congressman Ron Paul worries that the government might try to get rid of NSA leaker Edward Snowden with a drone.

Companies including Reddit, Mozilla and the ACLU are sending a letter to Congress asking lawmakers to end the controversial NSA program, PRISM.

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are expressing concern that their Blackberry conversations may have been tapped by the NSA.

Rare bipartisan agreement in Washington, as Senate Democrat Dianne Feinstein and House Republican John Boehner both condemn the contractor who exposed details of surveillance by the National Security Agency.

Need a crash course on PRISM? Viral Read gives you the ins and outs of the secret program.