Agency Contractor: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: Six out of 10 people polled for public broadcaster ARD said they admired the former U.S. spy agency contractor, against 14 percent who thought of him as a criminal, according to Reuters. The 30-year-old American's disclosure that the National Security Agency NSA engaged in wholesale bugging of phones and email in Germany have put the U.S.-German alliance under severe stress and BERLIN - Most Germans consider Edward Snowden a hero for revealing secret U.S. monitoring of its allies' communications, including Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, but are less sure about the idea of giving him asylum, according to a new poll. But only 46 percent were in favor of offering Snowden political asylum in Germany, with 48 percent against. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.