Hawaii Spying

• How Edward Snowden accessed classified material at Hawaii spy base

  Former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden used login credentials and passwords provided unwittingly by colleagues at a spy base in Hawaii to access some of the classified material he leaked to the media, sources said.

• Edward Snowden downloaded NSA secrets while working for Dell, sources say

  Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden began downloading documents describing the US government's electronic spying programmes while he was working for Dell Inc in April 2012, almost a year earlier than previously reported, according to US officials and other sources familiar with the matter.

• Cyber scrutiny, not snooping says Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid of US surveillance

  A day after Europe's furious reaction to reports that the US spied on more than 30 embassies and diplomatic missions of its allies including India, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that America's surveillance programme of phone logs and Internet "is not snooping."

• Russia defiant as US raises pressure over Edward Snowden

  Russia defied White House pressure today to expel former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden to the United States before he flees Moscow on the next stop of his globe-crossing escape from US prosecution.

• Edward Snowden's girlfriend may not join him in exile, says her father

  Jonathan Mills, father of the girlfriend of fugitive former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, said his daughter is staying with friends and he doesn't know if she will try to join him in exile.

• Edward Snowden rejects suggestions he is a spy for China

  Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the US government's top-secret surveillance programs, fought back against his critics on Monday and denied allegations that he was a spy for China.

• US hunted for Edward Snowden in days before he leaked NSA programs

  US government investigators began an urgent search for Edward Snowden several days before the first media reports were published on the government's secret surveillance programs, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

• Former CIA man Edward Snowden says he exposed US spy scheme to protect world

  An ex-CIA employee working as a contractor at the US National Security Agency said on Sunday he was the source who leaked details of a top secret US surveillance program, acting out of conscience to protect "basic liberties for people around the world."

• Hawaii is a spot for sun, surf and spies

  Clandestine agents. Foreign spies. Intelligence. Hawaii is better known for sunbathing on the beach or surfing than high-stakes sleuthing.