https://www.scmp.com/rss/307005/feed Booz Allen Hamilton is an American technology consulting firm. It gained international notoriety in June 2013 after an employee, Edward Snowden, who accessed and released significant information he gained from working at the firm about the US government’s extensive surveillance programmes. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The US Air Force said it saw no evidence that a defence contractor that employed Edward Snowden is responsible for his disclosure of classified US information, a finding that allows the company to continue doing business with the Pentagon. Snowden, who is wanted in the United States on espionage charges, revealed details of secret government surveillance programmes. He is believed to be holed up in the transit area at a Moscow airport, where he arrived on June 23 from Hong Kong. The Air Force... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1280126/us-air-force-sees-no-wrongdoing-booz-allen-snowden-matter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1280126/us-air-force-sees-no-wrongdoing-booz-allen-snowden-matter?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Jul 2013 01:51:04 +0000 Edward Snowden secured a job with a US government contractor for one reason alone - to obtain evidence of Washington's cyberspying networks, the South China Morning Post can reveal. For the first time, Snowden has admitted he sought a position at Booz Allen Hamilton so he could collect proof about the US National Security Agency's secret surveillance programmes ahead of planned leaks to the media. "My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1268209/snowden-sought-booz-allen-job-gather-evidence-nsa-surveillance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1268209/snowden-sought-booz-allen-job-gather-evidence-nsa-surveillance?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:00:32 +0000 The US government may have to reconsider how much it relies on outside defence contractors who are given top security clearances after an NSA contractor exposed top-secret phone and internet surveillance programmes. Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old systems technician at Booz Allen Hamilton, admitted on Sunday that he divulged details of the National Security Agency’s programmes to The Guardian and Washington Post. Booz shares fell 2.6 per cent on Monday, and peers such as SAIC and General Dynamics... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1258274/nsa-leak-prompts-questions-over-us-reliance-contractors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1258274/nsa-leak-prompts-questions-over-us-reliance-contractors?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:54:36 +0000