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Snowden thanks Obama for commuting Manning’s sentenceSnowden, who has pleaded for Manning's clemency, thanked Obama in a Tweet early Wednesday. |
The US has said Snowden has harmed its national security.
Attorney-General Eric Holder says Snowden would be treated like a "defendant" who broke the law.
The whistleblower says that possible pursuit by US authorities limits his ability to speak out until he gains permanent asylum.
The former NSA contractor's intelligence leaks have caused diplomatic rifts between Washington and its allies.
Brazil and Germany drafted a UN resolution calling for an end to excessive US electronic surveillance.
Rousseff suggested she may cancel her scheduled US trip in October if she receives no satisfactory reply from Obama.
Snowden was nominated by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left group.
The NSA whistle-blower's ordeal, which now enters a new phase, reads like a spy novel-cum-movie. But are Russian-US ties adversely affected?
The National Security Agency contractor who leaked vital US intelligence to the media, finally left Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport after a 38-day ordeal.
