Snowden: The U.S. Is Hacking China

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Updated Apr. 21, 2017 10:16AM EDT / Published Jun. 12, 2013 2:53PM EDT

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What other explosive revelations will whistleblower Edward Snowden drop? The 29-year-old former government contractor told the South China Morning Post that the United States has been hacking both Hong Kong and mainland China for years. The National Security Agency’s controversial data-sweep program extends to people living in China, he also revealed. Snowden said U.S. officials have been “bullying” Hong Kong to extradite him. The former NSA intelligence analyst told the paper he will stay in Hong Kong and fight extradition through the court system.

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Snowden: The U.S. Is Hacking China

Kin Cheung/AP