Woman who sheltered Edward Snowden granted asylum in Canada
- 5 years ago
A woman who sheltered Edward Snowden in Hong Kong after his 2013 data leak exposed a massive US surveillance programme, has been granted asylum in Canada with her daughter. Vanessa Rodel and seven-year-old Keana arrived in Toronto on March 25, nearly two years after their Hong Kong asylum claims were rejected. Rodel was living as an asylum seeker in Hong Kong when she agreed to be one of several people who housed Snowden during a two-week period after the former National Security Agency…