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}; } */ </script> <a name="em0"></a> <div class="cnn_strylftcntnt"><div class="cnn_strylctcntr"> <div><strong>STORY HIGHLIGHTS</strong></div> <ul class="cnn_bulletbin cnnStryHghLght">  <li><b>NEW:</b> Crowds of supporters await Morales' return to Bolivia</li> <li>Brazil's president says she is outraged, European countries' behavior "unacceptable"</li> <li>The plane leaves Austria after officials check it and say Edward Snowden isn't on board</li> <li>Bolivia says France denied the plane entry into its airspace, but France says it did not</li>  </ul> </div></div>  <p><strong>(CNN)</strong> -- Rumors that U.S. intelligence leaker <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/10/politics/edward-snowden-profile/index.html" target="_blank">Edward Snowden</a> hitched a ride on Bolivia's presidential jet have sparked a global diplomatic feud that's roiled leaders throughout South America.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2">The drama started Tuesday after Portuguese authorities wouldn't let Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane land in Lisbon for refueling while on his way back from a conference in Russia, Bolivian Defense Minister Ruben Saavedra told CNN en Español.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph3">France, Spain and Italy also wouldn't let the plane enter their airspace, Bolivian officials said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph4">With no clear path home available, the flight's crew made an emergency landing in Austria.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph5">"We are told that there were some unfounded suspicions that Mr. Snowden was on the plane," Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said.</p> <style> .cnnArticleGalleryNav{border:1px solid #000;cursor:pointer;float:left;height:25px;text-align:center;width:25px} .cnnArticleGalleryNavOn{background-color:#C03;border:1px solid #000;float:left;height:25px;text-align:center;width:20px} .cnnArticleGalleryNavDisabled{background-color:#222;border:1px solid #000;color:#666;float:left;height:25px;text-align:center;width:25px} .cnnArticleExpandableTarget{background-color:#000;display:none;position:absolute} .cnnArticlePhotoContainer{height:122px;width:214px} .cnnArticleBoxImage{cursor:pointer;height:122px;padding-top:0;width:214px} .cnnArticleGalleryCaptionControl{background-color:#000;color:#FFF} .cnnArticleGalleryCaptionControlText{cursor:pointer;float:right;font-size:10px;padding:3px 10px 3px 3px} .cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer cite{background:none repeat scroll 0 0 #000;bottom:48px;color:#FFF;height:auto;left:420px;opacity:.7;position:absolute;width:200px;padding:10px} .cnnArticleGalleryClose{background-color:#fff;display:block;text-align:right} .cnnArticleGalleryCloseButton{cursor:pointer} .cnnArticleGalleryNavPrevNext span{background-color:#444;color:#CCC;cursor:pointer;float:left;height:23px;text-align:center;width:26px;padding:4px 0 0} .cnnArticleGalleryNavPrevNextDisabled span{background-color:#444;color:#666;float:left;height:23px;text-align:center;width:25px;padding:4px 0 0} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{padding-right:68px;width:270px;margin:0 auto} .cnnGalleryContainer{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 0 20px;padding:0 0 0 10px} </style> <script> if (typeof cnnArticleGallery == "undefined") { var cnnArticleGallery = {}; } if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList =="undefined"){ cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList = []; } var expGallery61=new ArticleExpandableGallery(); expGallery61.setImageCount(15); </script> <script> //cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Notable leakers and whistle-blowers", 1); </script> <a name="em1"></a> <div id="expand16" class="cnnGalleryContainer cnn_strylftcntnt"> <div class="cnnStoryElementBox"> <div id="expandableTarget16" class="cnnArticleExpandableTarget" style="width:640px"> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryClose"><img class="cnnArticleGalleryCloseButton" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/mosaic/bttn_close.gif" onclick="expGallery61.shrinkPicture('6','1')" alt="" border="0" height="23" width="58"/></div> <div style="height:360px"> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:block" id="articleGalleryPhoto611" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130609164540-edward-snowden-guardian-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Former intelligence worker Edward Snowden, 29, revealed himself as the source of documents outlining a massive effort by the NSA to track cell phone calls and monitor the e-mail and Internet traffic of virtually all Americans. He says he just wanted the public to know what the government was doing. "Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you're being watched and recorded," he said. While he has not been charged, the FBI is conducting an investigation into the leaks." border="0"/> <cite style="display:block;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption611">Former intelligence worker Edward Snowden, 29, revealed himself as the source of documents outlining a massive effort by the NSA to track cell phone calls and monitor the e-mail and Internet traffic of virtually all Americans. He says he just wanted the public to know what the government was doing. "Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you're being watched and recorded," he said. While he has not been charged, the FBI is conducting an investigation into the leaks.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":true,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":1,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto612" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130514084655-05-presidential-scandals-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Military analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers in 1971. The top-secret documents revealed that senior American leaders, including three presidents, knew the Vietnam War was an unwinnable, tragic quagmire. Further, they showed that the government had lied to Congress and the public about the progress of the war. Ellsberg surrendered to authorities and was charged as a spy. During his trial, the court learned that President Richard Nixon's administration had embarked on a campaign to discredit Ellsberg, illegally wiretapping him and breaking into his psychiatrist's office. All charges against him were dropped. Since then he has lived a relatively quiet life as a respected author and lecturer." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption612">Military analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers in 1971. The top-secret documents revealed that senior American leaders, including three presidents, knew the Vietnam War was an unwinnable, tragic quagmire. Further, they showed that the government had lied to Congress and the public about the progress of the war. Ellsberg surrendered to authorities and was charged as a spy. During his trial, the court learned that President Richard Nixon's administration had embarked on a campaign to discredit Ellsberg, illegally wiretapping him and breaking into his psychiatrist's office. All charges against him were dropped. Since then he has lived a relatively quiet life as a respected author and lecturer.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":2,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto613" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130611092321-tuskegee-experiment-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Starting in 1932, the U.S. Public Health Service studied untreated syphilis in black men who thought they were getting free health care. The patients weren't told of their affliction or sufficiently treated. Peter Buxtun, who worked for the Public Health Service, relayed information about the Tuskegee syphilis experiment to a reporter in 1972, which halted the 40-year study. His testimony at congressional hearings led to an overhaul of the Health, Education and Welfare rules concerning work with human subjects. A class-action lawsuit was settled out-of-court for $10 million, with the U.S. government promising free medical care to survivors and their families. Here, participants talk with a study coordinator." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption613">Starting in 1932, the U.S. Public Health Service studied untreated syphilis in black men who thought they were getting free health care. The patients weren't told of their affliction or sufficiently treated. Peter Buxtun, who worked for the Public Health Service, relayed information about the Tuskegee syphilis experiment to a reporter in 1972, which halted the 40-year study. His testimony at congressional hearings led to an overhaul of the Health, Education and Welfare rules concerning work with human subjects. A class-action lawsuit was settled out-of-court for $10 million, with the U.S. government promising free medical care to survivors and their families. Here, participants talk with a study coordinator.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":3,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto614" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130611093244-mark-felt-1976-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="In 2005, retired deputy FBI director Mark Felt revealed himself to be the whistle-blower "Deep Throat" in the Watergate scandal. He anonymously assisted Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward with many of their stories about the Nixon administration's cover-up after the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. The stories sparked a congressional investigation that eventually led to President Nixon's resignation in 1974. The Post won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage. Felt was convicted on unrelated conspiracy charges in 1980 and eventually pardoned by President Ronald Reagan before slipping into obscurity for the next quarter-century. He died in 2008 at age 95." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption614">In 2005, retired deputy FBI director Mark Felt revealed himself to be the whistle-blower "Deep Throat" in the Watergate scandal. He anonymously assisted Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward with many of their stories about the Nixon administration's cover-up after the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. The stories sparked a congressional investigation that eventually led to President Nixon's resignation in 1974. The Post won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage. Felt was convicted on unrelated conspiracy charges in 1980 and eventually pardoned by President Ronald Reagan before slipping into obscurity for the next quarter-century. He died in 2008 at age 95.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":4,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto615" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130610204230-mordechai-vanunu-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Mordechai Vanunu, who worked as a technician at Israel's nuclear research facility, leaked information to a British newspaper and led nuclear arms analysts to conclude that Israel possessed a stockpile of nuclear weapons. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its weapons program. An Israeli court convicted Vanunu in 1986 after Israeli intelligence agents captured him in Italy. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Since his release in 2004, he has been arrested on a number of occasions for violating terms of his parole." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption615">Mordechai Vanunu, who worked as a technician at Israel's nuclear research facility, leaked information to a British newspaper and led nuclear arms analysts to conclude that Israel possessed a stockpile of nuclear weapons. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its weapons program. An Israeli court convicted Vanunu in 1986 after Israeli intelligence agents captured him in Italy. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Since his release in 2004, he has been arrested on a number of occasions for violating terms of his parole.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":5,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto616" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/121112110835-reelection-drama-02-iran-contra-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="President Ronald Reagan addresses the media in 1987, months after the disclosure of the Iran-Contra affair. A secret operation carried out by an American military officer used proceeds from weapons sales to Iran to fund the anti-communist Contras in Nicaragua and attempted to secure the release of U.S. hostages held by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Mehdi Hashemi, an officer of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, leaked evidence of the deal to a Lebanese newspaper in 1986. Reagan's closest aides maintain he did not fully know, and only reluctantly came to accept, the circumstances of the operation." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption616">President Ronald Reagan addresses the media in 1987, months after the disclosure of the Iran-Contra affair. A secret operation carried out by an American military officer used proceeds from weapons sales to Iran to fund the anti-communist Contras in Nicaragua and attempted to secure the release of U.S. hostages held by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Mehdi Hashemi, an officer of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, leaked evidence of the deal to a Lebanese newspaper in 1986. Reagan's closest aides maintain he did not fully know, and only reluctantly came to accept, the circumstances of the operation.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":6,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto617" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130610204308-jeffrey-wigand-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Tobacco industry executive Jeffrey Wigand issued a memo to his company in 1992 about his concerns regarding tobacco additives. He was fired in March 1993 and subsequently contacted by "60 Minutes" and persuaded to tell his story on CBS. He claimed that Brown & Williamson knowingly used additives that were carcinogenic and addictive and spent millions covering it up. He also testified in a landmark case in Mississippi that resulted in a $246 billion settlement from the tobacco industry. Wigand has received public recognition for his actions and continues to crusade against Big Tobacco. He was portrayed by Russell Crowe in the 1999 film "The Insider."" border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption617">Tobacco industry executive Jeffrey Wigand issued a memo to his company in 1992 about his concerns regarding tobacco additives. He was fired in March 1993 and subsequently contacted by "60 Minutes" and persuaded to tell his story on CBS. He claimed that Brown & Williamson knowingly used additives that were carcinogenic and addictive and spent millions covering it up. He also testified in a landmark case in Mississippi that resulted in a $246 billion settlement from the tobacco industry. Wigand has received public recognition for his actions and continues to crusade against Big Tobacco. He was portrayed by Russell Crowe in the 1999 film "The Insider."</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":7,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto618" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130520063012-fbi-seal-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="For 10 years, Frederic Whitehurst complained mostly in vain about practices at the FBI's world-renowned crime lab, where he worked. His efforts eventually led to a 1997 investigation that found lab agents produced inaccurate and scientifically flawed testimony in major cases, including the Oklahoma City and World Trade Center bombings. The Justice Department recommended major reforms but also criticized Whitehurst for "overstated and incendiary" allegations. He also faced disciplinary action for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into how some of his allegations were leaked to a magazine. After a yearlong paid suspension he left the bureau in 1998 with a settlement worth more than $1.16 million." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption618">For 10 years, Frederic Whitehurst complained mostly in vain about practices at the FBI's world-renowned crime lab, where he worked. His efforts eventually led to a 1997 investigation that found lab agents produced inaccurate and scientifically flawed testimony in major cases, including the Oklahoma City and World Trade Center bombings. The Justice Department recommended major reforms but also criticized Whitehurst for "overstated and incendiary" allegations. He also faced disciplinary action for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into how some of his allegations were leaked to a magazine. After a yearlong paid suspension he left the bureau in 1998 with a settlement worth more than $1.16 million.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":8,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto619" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130610204135-colleen-rowley-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="FBI whistle-blower Coleen Rowley accused the bureau of hindering efforts to investigate a suspected terrorist that could have disrupted plans for the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. In 2002 she fired off a 13-page letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller and flew to Washington to hand-deliver copies to two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and meet with committee staffers. The letter accused the bureau of deliberately undermining requests to look into Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in the United States of playing a role in the attacks. She testified in front of Congress and the 9/11 Commission about the FBI's mishandling of information. Rowley was selected as one of Time magazine's People of the Year in 2002, along with whistle-blowers Sherron Watkins of Enron and Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption619">FBI whistle-blower Coleen Rowley accused the bureau of hindering efforts to investigate a suspected terrorist that could have disrupted plans for the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. In 2002 she fired off a 13-page letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller and flew to Washington to hand-deliver copies to two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and meet with committee staffers. The letter accused the bureau of deliberately undermining requests to look into Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in the United States of playing a role in the attacks. She testified in front of Congress and the 9/11 Commission about the FBI's mishandling of information. Rowley was selected as one of Time magazine's People of the Year in 2002, along with whistle-blowers Sherron Watkins of Enron and Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":9,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto6110" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130610203702-sherron-watkins-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Sherron Watkins, a former vice president at Enron, sent an anonymous letter to founder Kenneth Lay in 2001 warning him the company had accounting irregularities. The memo eventually reached the public and she later testified before Congress about her concerns and the company's wrongdoings. More than 4,000 Enron employees lost their jobs, and many also lost their life savings, when the energy giant declared bankruptcy in 2001. Investors lost billions of dollars. An investigation in 2002 found that Enron executives reaped millions of dollars from off-the-books partnerships and violated basic rules of accounting and ethics. Many were sentenced to prison for their roles in the Enron scandal." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption6110">Sherron Watkins, a former vice president at Enron, sent an anonymous letter to founder Kenneth Lay in 2001 warning him the company had accounting irregularities. The memo eventually reached the public and she later testified before Congress about her concerns and the company's wrongdoings. More than 4,000 Enron employees lost their jobs, and many also lost their life savings, when the energy giant declared bankruptcy in 2001. Investors lost billions of dollars. An investigation in 2002 found that Enron executives reaped millions of dollars from off-the-books partnerships and violated basic rules of accounting and ethics. Many were sentenced to prison for their roles in the Enron scandal.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":10,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto6111" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130611101059-cynthia-cooper-book-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Cynthia Cooper and her team of auditors uncovered massive fraud at WorldCom in 2002. They found that the long-distance telephone provider had used $3.8 billion in questionable accounting entries to inflate earnings over the past five quarters. By the end of 2003, the total fraud was estimated to be $11 billion. The company filed for bankruptcy protection and five executives ended up in prison. Cooper started her own consulting firm and told her story in the book "Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower."" border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption6111">Cynthia Cooper and her team of auditors uncovered massive fraud at WorldCom in 2002. They found that the long-distance telephone provider had used $3.8 billion in questionable accounting entries to inflate earnings over the past five quarters. By the end of 2003, the total fraud was estimated to be $11 billion. The company filed for bankruptcy protection and five executives ended up in prison. Cooper started her own consulting firm and told her story in the book "Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower."</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":11,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto6112" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120601010231-tsa-3-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="In 2003, federal air marshal Robert MacLean anonymously tipped off an MSNBC reporter that because of budget concerns, the TSA was temporarily suspending missions that would require marshals to stay in hotels just days after they were briefed about a new "potential plot" to hijack U.S. airliners. The news caused an immediate uproar on Capitol Hill and the TSA retreated, withdrawing the scheduling cuts before they went into effect. MacLean was later investigated and fired for the unauthorized disclosure of "sensitive security information."" border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption6112">In 2003, federal air marshal Robert MacLean anonymously tipped off an MSNBC reporter that because of budget concerns, the TSA was temporarily suspending missions that would require marshals to stay in hotels just days after they were briefed about a new "potential plot" to hijack U.S. airliners. The news caused an immediate uproar on Capitol Hill and the TSA retreated, withdrawing the scheduling cuts before they went into effect. MacLean was later investigated and fired for the unauthorized disclosure of "sensitive security information."</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":12,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto6113" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130314213739-31-iraq-war-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="Joe Darby is the whistle-blower behind the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq. He says he asked Army Reserve Spc. Charles Graner Jr. for photos from their travels so he could share them with family. Instead, he was given photos of prisoner abuse. Darby eventually alerted the U.S. military command, triggering an investigation and global outrage when the scandal came to light in 2004. Graner was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his part in the abuse. He was released in 2011 after serving 6½ years of his sentence. The military and members of Darby's own family ostracized him, calling him a traitor. Eventually he and his wife had to enter protective custody." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption6113">Joe Darby is the whistle-blower behind the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq. He says he asked Army Reserve Spc. Charles Graner Jr. for photos from their travels so he could share them with family. Instead, he was given photos of prisoner abuse. Darby eventually alerted the U.S. military command, triggering an investigation and global outrage when the scandal came to light in 2004. Graner was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his part in the abuse. He was released in 2011 after serving 6½ years of his sentence. The military and members of Darby's own family ostracized him, calling him a traitor. Eventually he and his wife had to enter protective custody.</cite> <script>cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length] = {"currentPicture":false,"x":6,"y":1,"pos":13,"title":"Notable leakers and whistle-blowers"}</script> </div> </div> <div> <div class="cnnArticleGalleryPhotoContainer"> <img style="display:none" id="articleGalleryPhoto6114" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130610203837-george-w-bush-2004-horizontal-gallery.jpg" width="640" height="360" alt="The New York Times reported in 2005 that in the months after the September 11, 2001, attacks, President George W. Bush authorized the U.S. National Security Agency to eavesdrop without a court warrant on people in the United States, including American citizens, suspected of communicating with al Qaeda members overseas. The Bush administration staunchly defended the controversial surveillance program. Russ Tice, an NSA insider, came forward as one of the anonymous sources used by the Times. He said he was concerned about alleged abuses and a lack of oversight. Here, President Bush participates in a conversation about the Patriot Act in Buffalo, New York, in April 2004." border="0"/> <cite style="display:none;bottom:74px" id="galleryCaption6114">The New York Times reported in 2005 that in the months after the September 11, 2001, attacks, President George W. Bush authorized the U.S. National Security Agency to eavesdrop without a court warrant on people in the United States, including American citizens, suspected of communicating with al Qaeda members overseas. The Bush administration staunchly defended the controversial surveillance program. Russ Tice, an NSA insider, came forward as one of the anonymous sources used by the Times. He said he was concerned about alleged abuses and a lack of oversight. 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130630193350-pkg-chance-snowden-new-leaks-00011507-story-body.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="box-image" height="120" width="214"/><cite class="expCaption"><span>WikiLeaks releases Snowden statement</span></cite> </div> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph6">"We do not know who has invented this lie. Someone who wants to harm our country. This information that has been circulated is malicious information to harm this country."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph7">Late Wednesday morning, Spain agreed to let Morales' plane stop in the Canary Islands on its way home, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said. The plane landed there as planned Wednesday, and subsequently took off for Fortaleza, Brazil<strong>, </strong>where it landed and refueled again Wednesday evening, Bolivia TV reported.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph8">The presidential plane was scheduled to return to Bolivia on Wednesday night. The state broadcaster showed crowds of supporters brandishing Bolivian flags and awaiting Morales' return.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph9">At the El Alto International Airport outside La Paz, the state broadcaster showed crowds waved signs saying, "Sovereign Bolivia, colony no more" and, "You are not alone. The people of the world are with you."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph10"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/opinion/snepp-journalists-espionage/index.html" target="_blank">Opinion: Snowden and a muzzle free press</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph11">The plane spent more than 10 hours in Vienna, where Austrian officials confirmed that Snowden was not aboard after Morales allowed an Austrian airport police officer onto his plane for a "voluntary check," Interior Ministry spokesman Karl-Heinz Grundboeck said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph12">As Morales resumed his journey, differing accounts emerged of what happened.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph13">France denied that it refused to allow the plane to enter its airspace.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph14">French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called his Bolivian counterpart to express regrets about a delay in the confirmation to authorize the plane to fly over its territory, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph15">The authorization was granted as soon as French authorities were informed that the plane was the Bolivian president's aircraft, the ministry said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph16">France "never intended to deny president Morales's plane access to (its) airspace," and the Bolivian leader is welcome in France, Fabius said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph17"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/02/politics/nsa-leak/index.html" target="_blank">Snowden's asylum options dwindle</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph18"><strong>Bolivian minister: U.S. behind Snowden rumor</strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph19">Bolivian authorities are investigating the source of the rumors about Snowden. Saavedra, the Bolivian defense minister, told CNN en Español that he believed the U.S. was behind them.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph20">"This is a lie, a falsehood," he said. "It was generated by the U.S. government."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph21">Despite several attempts by CNN to get a response, Obama administration officials have declined to comment on Bolivia's allegations that the United States pressured European countries to deny landing rights to the Bolivian president's plane, referring all questions to the European countries in question.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph22">It isn't the first time Bolivian authorities have accused U.S. officials of trying to meddle with their presidential plane.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph23">In 2011, Morales said <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/07/26/bolivia.president.fear/index.html" target="_blank">he was worried that U.S. authorities would plant something on his presidential plane</a> to link him with drug trafficking when he attended a United Nations General Assembly meeting.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph24"><strong>Outrage in Latin America</strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph25">Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera described Morales as a "hostage of imperialism."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph26">"The president has been kidnapped by imperialism, and he is being held in Europe," he said in a televised address late Tuesday night. The vice president called for workers worldwide to protest "this act of imperial arrogance."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph27">He said Bolivia would complain about the incident to the United Nations.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph28">The situation drew a stern rebuke from Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who said the incident was "life-threatening" for the Bolivian leader.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph29">"The Brazilian government expresses its outrage and condemnation of the embarrassment imposed on President Evo Morales by some European countries," she said in a statement Wednesday. "The pretext that led to this unacceptable behavior -- the supposed presence of Edward Snowden in the plane of the president -- was fictional and a serious disrespect to the law and to international practices and standards of civilized coexistence among nations."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph30">The impact of the European countries' actions extends far beyond Bolivia's borders, she said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph31">"The embarrassment to President Morales reaches not only Bolivia, but all of Latin America. It compromises the dialogue between the two continents and possible negotiations between them," she said. "It also requires prompt and explanation by the countries involved in this provocation."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph32">The Union of South American Nations<strong> </strong>released a statement Wednesday saying the body "rejects categorically the dangerous act" of denying Morales' plane access. The leaders of the UNASUR countries are scheduled to meet on Thursday meeting in Cochabamba, Bolivia, to discuss the matter.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph33">By Wednesday evening, the presidents of Argentina, Venezuela, Peru, Suriname, Ecuador and Bolivia had confirmed their plans to attend, said Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, who called the situation "very serious."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph34">Cuba's Foreign Ministry also condemned the incident.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph35">"This constitutes an unacceptable, unfounded and arbitrary act which offends all of Latin America and the Caribbean," the ministry said in a statement.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph36">Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner described Morales' treatment in Europe as humiliating.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph37">"This is not only a humiliation to a sister nation," she said during a military event Wednesday, "but to the whole South American continent."</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph38"><strong>So where is Snowden?</strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph39">The situation is the latest twist in what has become a global guessing game over Snowden's next steps.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph40">Snowden has admitted leaking classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs and faces espionage charges in the United States. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/02/politics/nsa-leak/index.html" target="_blank">He has applied for asylum in 21 countries</a>, including Bolivia.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph41"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/politics/snowden-asylum/index.html" target="_blank">'Unbowed' Snowden seeks new havens</a></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph42">Morales, a left-leaning president who has long criticized the United States, had been attending a conference of gas-exporting countries in Russia, where he told the Russia Today news network that he would be willing to consider asylum for Snowden.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph43">But Bolivian officials stressed that accusations that an official aircraft would harbor Snowden were baseless.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph44">"We cannot lie to the international community by carrying ghost passengers," Choquehuanca said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph45"><strong>European concerns</strong></p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph46">WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged Europe on Wednesday to demonstrate its willingness to defend freedom of information, whatever the fear of political pressure from its "best ally," the United States.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph47">His comments came in a piece co-written with the secretary general of Reporters without Borders, Christophe Deloire, for French newspaper Le Monde.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph48">European Union states should accord Snowden their warmest welcome, their article said. If he is abandoned in the international zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, it will mean European countries are "abandoning their principles and part of the reason for the EU," it said.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph49">In recent days, a number of European nations have voiced concern about reports -- based on documents apparently provided by Snowden -- that the United States has been conducting surveillance on its European allies.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph50">France believes it would be wise to delay U.S.-EU trade talks for two weeks in light of the allegations, French government spokeswoman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said Wednesday.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph51">She was echoing remarks made by President Francois Hollande this week after the claims first appeared in German and British media.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph52">Germany's Economy Minister Philipp Roesler has said the reports of spying do influence the planned talks, said his spokesman, Adrian Toschev.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph53">But the spokesman declined to back the French call for a delay to the talks, which are scheduled to begin Monday.</p> <p class="cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph54"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/01/world/europe/eu-nsa/index.html" target="_blank">All nations collect intelligence, Obama says</a></p> <script type="text/javascript">if(typeof CNN.expElements==='object'){CNN.expElements.init();}</script> <p class="cnn_strycbftrtxt">CNN's Claudia Dominguez, Marilia Brocchetto, Antonia Mortensen, Richard Allen Greene, Stephanie Halasz, Stephanie Ott, Al Goodman, Ivana Kottasova, Claudia Rebaza, Laura Richardson, Jill Dougherty, Patrick Oppmann and Rafael Romo contributed to this report.</p>   <div class="cnn_stryshrwdgtbtm"> <div id="cnn_sharebar2"> <div class="c_sharebar_cntr c_sharebar_loading"> <div class="cnn_stryswdgtbtm1"> <div class="cnn_stryswdgtbtm1a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/americas/bolivia-plane-snowden/index.html#disqus_thread">0</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryswdgtbtm1b"><a href="#cnn-disqus-area">Comments »</a></div> </div> <div class="cnn_stryswdgtbtm2"> <div class="c_sharebtmcol1"> <div class="c_sharetitle">SHARE THIS</div> <div class="c_sharebtns"> <ul> <li class="c_sharebtn c_sharebtnfb"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'facebook');"></a></li> <li class="c_sharebtn c_sharebtntwtr"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'twitter');"></a></li> <li class="c_sharebtn c_sharebtngplus"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'googleplus');"></a></li> <li class="c_sharebtn c_sharebtnlnkn"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="cnnsocial.share.click('cnn_sharebar2', 'linkedin');"></a></li> </ul> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="c_sharebtmdiv"></div> <div class="c_sharebtmcol2"> <div class="fb-like" data-send="false" data-layout="box_count" data-width="90" data-show-faces="false" data-action="recommend" href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/world/americas/bolivia-plane-snowden/index.html"></div> </div> <div class="c_sharebtmdiv"></div> <div class="c_shareweb c_sharebtmcol3"> <ul> <li class="cnn_sswdgtweb1"><a href="#" onclick="if(typeof CleanPrintPrintHtml!='undefined' && CleanPrintPrintHtml) CleanPrintPrintHtml(); 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Bush talks Snowden, AIDS, Mandela and his legacy.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/opinion/keen-snowden-digital-monitoring/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Why we're all stuck in the digital transit zone with Snowden</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 12:10 PM EDT, Sun June 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/opinion/keen-snowden-digital-monitoring/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130615020046-nsa-privacy-data-mining-surveillance-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">So where, exactly, is Edward Snowden? President Vladimir Putin knows. But Russia's chief snooper isn't telling. Not exactly, anyway.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/us/snowden-lawyer-offer/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Father proposes deal for Snowden's voluntary return</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 12:14 PM EDT, Sun June 30, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/us/snowden-lawyer-offer/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130630073106-allen-snowden-us-eu-spying-00001616-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">The father of Edward J. Snowden has offered federal authorities a deal that he says would likely lead the accused leaker to return voluntarily to the United States to face espionage charges.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/24/politics/nsa-snowden-options/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">4 options to get Snowden back</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 8:57 AM EDT, Tue June 25, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/24/politics/nsa-snowden-options/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130625120044-empty-seat-snowden-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4"> President Barack Obama expresses hope that other countries will follow the letter of the law and turn Snowden over to the United States.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/politics/nsa-leak-snowden-job/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Snowden took job to gather evidence</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 9:04 AM EDT, Wed June 26, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/25/politics/nsa-leak-snowden-job/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130626105105-shanor-snowden-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Edward Snowden took a job with a firm that provides contractors to the NSA solely to gather evidence about U.S. surveillance programs.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/10/politics/edward-snowden-profile/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Who is Edward Snowden?</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 10:25 AM EDT, Sun June 23, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/10/politics/edward-snowden-profile/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130609164540-edward-snowden-guardian-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">He's a high-school dropout who worked his way into the most secretive computers in U.S. intelligence as a defense contractor. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/06/opinion/snowden-reax/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Snowden Index</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/06/opinion/snowden-reax/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130615022550-snowden-index-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">A glance at opinions about the NSA leaker.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/18/tech/web/how-to-encrypt-email/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">How to hide your data from Internet snoops</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 6:47 AM EDT, Wed June 19, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/18/tech/web/how-to-encrypt-email/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120130093002-email-gmail-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">Let's face it: Most of us don't e-mail, tweet, text or post anything worthy of clandestine scrutiny.</div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/11/us/nsa-snowden-girlfriend/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">Leaker's girlfriend says she's 'lost at sea'</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 7:53 AM EDT, Wed June 12, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/11/us/nsa-snowden-girlfriend/index.html?iid=article_sidebar"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130706110623im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130611165225-linsay-mills-video-tease.jpg" alt="" border="0" height="68" width="120"/></a> </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx4">The girlfriend of self-avowed NSA leaker Edward Snowden wrote that she was "adrift in a sea of chaos" after he spilled government secrets and fled. </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="cnn_stryspcvbx"><div class="cnn_stryspcvbxcntr"><div class="cnn_stryscbx1"> <div><a href="/web/20130706110623/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/13/living/buzzfeed-data-mining/index.html?iid=article_sidebar">10 ways you give up data without knowing it</a></div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx2"> updated 2:30 PM EDT, Thu June 13, 2013 </div> <div class="cnn_stryscbx3"> <a 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