He describes the 18 years since the September 11 attacks as “a litany of American destruction by way of American self-destruction, with the promulgation of secret policies, secret laws, secret courts and secret wars”. In the book, Snowden describes in detail for the first time his background, and what led him to leak details of the secret programmes being run by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK’s secret communication headquarters, GCHQ. In an exclusive two-hour interview in Moscow to mark the publication of his memoirs, Permanent Record, Snowden said dire warnings that his disclosures would cause harm had not come to pass, and even former critics now conceded “we live in a better, freer and safer world” because of his revelations. The world’s most famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden, says he has detected a softening in public hostility towards him in the US over his disclosure of top-secret documents that revealed the extent of the global surveillance programmes run by American and British spy agencies. The new mom on Friday shared two images of her and Snowden cradling their bundle of joy, with the baby’s face angled away from the camera or covered by an emoji.The man whose state surveillance revelations rocked the world speaks exclusively to the Guardian about his new life and concerns for the future She announced in late October that they were expecting a boy, who would have Russian citizenship.

Mills, also an American, joined him in Moscow in 2014 and the two married in 2017. The former CIA subcontractor - who leaked classified data about mass surveillance of American citizens in 2013 from the National Security Agency - has been living in exile in Moscow since then to avoid being tried in the U.S.on espionage charges. Last month, he said he and Mills are seeking dual US-Russian citizenship. The birth announcement came after Snowden, 37, was granted permanent residency by Russia. “Happy Holidays from our newly expanded family,” she wrote. The news was shared by Mills on Christmas on her Instagram account and her blog,.

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