Edward Snowden's Relationship With WikiLeaks [1]

Amid calls [2] for the clemency of Edward Snowden, many questions remain about the 30-year-old's flight from America [3] and asylum in Russia.

One major unresolved issue is the relationship between "the most [4] dangerous leaker in American history" and WikiLeaks, an organization with an admitted antagonism [5] toward the U.S. and a cozy history [6] with the Kremlin.

Given WikiLeaks'  penchant for facilitating [7] U.S. government leaks, its early involvement in  the Snowden saga deserves scrutiny.

After the NSA contractor outed [8] himself in Hong Kong on June 9, he parted ways with the journalists he met there and went underground.

On June 12, the same day he leaked [9] specific details of NSA hacking in China to the South China Morning Post, Snowden contacted [10] WikiLeaks. The organization subsequently paid for [11]  his lodgings and sent top advisor Sarah Harrison to help.

Harrison accompanied [12] Snowden as he met with [13] Russian officials (perhaps in the Kremlin consulate [14]), and WikiLeaks bought his ticket to Moscow on June 23 [15].

( Some suspect [16]  Russia and/or WikiLeaks contacted [17]  Snowden before June 12, but there is no clear evidence of that.)

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