ABC News: Edward Snowden charged with espionage

By ABC13
WASHINGTON

ABC News has learned federal prosecutors have charged Snowden with espionage, theft, and conversion of government property. They've also asked officials in Hong Kong to detain him.

Snowden leaked details of a controversial surveillance program which showed the NSA was tracking American phone and Internet records.

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