Snowden elected leader of students at UK school

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Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden poses for a photo during an interview in an undisclosed location in December 2013 in Moscow.

  By Associated Press

Students at the University of Glasgow elected former NSA contractor Edward Snowden as the official representative of the student body.

LONDON — Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was elected Tuesday as the official representative of the student body at the University of Glasgow.
Students at the institution say that they nominated Snowden to make a statement about democratic rights.
"We showed Edward Snowden and other brave whistleblowers that we stand in solidarity with them, regardless of where they are," they said in a statement.
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Edward Snowden wins UK university role

Updated: 11:19, Wednesday February 19, 2014

Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency analyst who revealed US surveillance of phone and internet communications, has been elected rector of Glasgow University.
The analyst was nominated by a group of students at the Scottish institution who said they had received his approval through his lawyer.
The group said: 'We are incredibly delighted to see Edward Snowden elected as the new rector of Glasgow University.'
The statement said the institution had a 'virtuous tradition of making significant statements through our rectors'.
It added: 'Our opposition to pervasive and immoral state intrusion has gone down in the records.
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