Hong Kong Hotel Room: National Security Agency

National Security Agency: WASHINGTON -- A 29-year-old contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, risking prosecution even as he was holed up in a Hong Kong hotel room. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The Guardian, the first newspaper to disclose the documents, said Sunday it was publishing the identity of Edward Snowden, a former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, at his request. Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency and exposed the U.S. government's photo and Internet spy program, is hiding in Hong Kong. The leaks, reported over the last week, have reopened the debate about privacy concerns versus heightened measures to protect against terrorist attacks, and led the NSA to ask the Justice Department to conduct a criminal investigation. The Justice Department said it was in the initial stages of an investigation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.