Edward Snowden given 'integrity in intelligence' award
US fugitive Edward Snowden has been honored with a prize
awarded annually by former CIA staff for exhibiting "integrity in
intelligence," the group said. The 30-year-old, currently in Russia, is wanted
by Washington on espionage charges after disclosing details about the vast
scope of the US government's surveillance operations. The Government
Accountability Project said Snowden received the Sam Adams Award -- a
"symbolic candlestick" -- at a ceremony in Moscow late Wednesday. In
a statement on its website, the group said the award is "given annually by
a group of retired CIA officers for members of the intelligence community who
exhibit integrity in intelligence." Word of the prize surfaced the same
day that Snowden's father landed in the Russian capital hoping to meet his son
for the first time since the former US spy agency contractor became a fugitive.
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