Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Edward Snowden has turned in his application for temporary asylum in Russia, a Russian human rights lawyer told the Associated Press. That application (and, of course, its approval) is the first step ...

A day after submitting an application for temporary asylum in Russia, the lawyer representing Edward Snowden tells Russia's Interfax news agency that the NSA leaker could leave the transit zone of ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Edward Snowden emerged from weeks of hiding in a Moscow airport, saying Friday that he wants asylum in Russia before moving on to Latin America and assailing U.S. surveillance programs ...

• National Intelligence Director James Clapper apologized for telling Congress earlier this year that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans. In a letter to Senate ...

(This post was updated at 6:17 p.m.) Fugitive former NSA contractor Edward Snowden said in a letter released Monday that he was "unbowed" and thanked his "new friends" for his continued liberty. The ...

A June 9, 2013 photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. AP Acknowledging that he’s ...