斯諾登在俄購物照曝光 巴西能源部遭加拿大監控
A Russian news website published a photograph today that it claims is the first to show US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden since he emerged from a Moscow airport in August.
In the blurry image published by Life News, a casually dressed man sporting a goatee with sunglasses perched on his head is pictured pushing a supermarket trolley full of groceries across a road.
A car with partly legible Russian plates and a crossing sign identify the scene as in Russia.
'The photograph was taken in Moscow,' said Life News, which is known for its close ties to the Kremlin and security services.
There has been no reported sighting of Snowden since he walked out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on August 1 after obtaining temporary asylum in Russia despite protests from Washington.
The 30-year-old former CIA contractor is wanted by the United States after revealing details of massive surveillance by the National Security Agency to the media.
Snowden's Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena has said he is living in a secret location in fear of being tracked down by US law enforcers.
Life News published video extracts from an interview with Kremlin-friendly Kucherena, who refused to confirm that Snowden is living in Moscow.
'Let's take as a starting point that on the photograph that came into your possession you can't see the region or anything, only numbers (on a car number plate),' he said.
The photograph, if genuine, also does not show the bodyguards who Kucherena says accompany Snowden.
It was not clear when the photograph was taken, however it is likely to be several weeks old as it is now autumn in Russia and the picture shows trees covered with green leaves.
Life News, which is the online wing of popular tabloid Tvoi Den, wrote on a Russian social networking page that it paid 100,000 rubles (about $3,000) for the photograph submitted via its website.
Kucherena last month told Itogi weekly magazine that Snowden manages to walk around in disguise.
'He would walk past you and you wouldn't recognise him,' he told Itogi. 'It's a question of clothes and small alterations to his appearance... He really does walk freely around on the streets.'
The photograph, if genuine, also does not show the bodyguards who Kucherena says accompany Snowden.
It was not clear when the photograph was taken, however it is likely to be several weeks old as it is now autumn in Russia and the picture shows trees covered with green leaves.
Life News, which is the online wing of popular tabloid Tvoi Den, wrote on a Russian social networking page that it paid 100,000 rubles (about $3,000) for the photograph submitted via its website.
Kucherena last month told Itogi weekly magazine that Snowden manages to walk around in disguise.
'He would walk past you and you wouldn't recognise him,' he told Itogi. 'It's a question of clothes and small alterations to his appearance... He really does walk freely around on the streets.'自美國“棱鏡門”爆料者愛德華•斯諾登獲得俄羅斯臨時庇護後，就從公衆視野消失。10月7日，俄羅斯一家新聞網站公佈一張疑似斯諾登上街購物的照片。同日，巴西媒體披露，斯諾登泄露的情報文件顯示，加拿大情報部門監控巴西礦業及能源部通訊。
***俄網站曝光斯諾登購物照
俄羅斯“生活新聞”（Life News）網站7日公開一張疑似美國中央情報局（CIA）前僱員斯諾登推着超市手推車過馬路的照片。如果這張照片屬實的話，這是斯諾登自8月1日離開莫斯科謝列梅捷沃機場後首次曝光。
照片顯示，一名留着山羊鬚、貌似斯諾登的男子架着太陽眼鏡，身穿長袖休閒襯衣和牛仔褲，推着一輛裝着大包小包的超市手推車橫穿馬路。附近停泊的汽車上的車牌以及不遠處的交通標誌，均表明這張照片是在俄羅斯拍攝的。
“照片攝於莫斯科。”俄羅斯“生活新聞”網站透露，這張照片是以10萬盧布（約合1.9萬元人民幣）購得。不過，目前還不知道照片是在何時拍攝，但估計是在數週前，因爲俄羅斯現正值秋季，而照片中的樹葉仍爲綠色。
7日，俄羅斯“生活新聞”網站還發布了一段斯諾登的俄羅斯律師阿納託利•庫切列納的受訪視頻。“首先，在照片里根本就看不清楚地區或者其他任何東西，只能看見車牌上的數字。”庫切列納拒絕證實斯諾登現居住在莫斯科，但他表示斯諾登會喬裝打扮後出門，並且能夠成功混入人羣而不被認出，“他可能會從你身旁走過，但你沒有認出他。這是衣着打扮和體貌特徵略作調整的緣故……他真的可以自由地行走在大街上。”
雖然庫切列納早前宣稱斯諾登的積蓄所餘無幾，不過俄羅斯“生活新聞”網站指出照片中超市手推車裏裝有至少6個鼓鼓囊囊的購物袋，“正如你所看見的，這位前特工依據美國人的購物習慣，買了整整一車的食物，估計這次消費約爲1000盧布（約合190元人民幣）”。
另據俄羅斯媒體報道，斯諾登的父親朗尼•斯諾登近日內將抵達俄羅斯看望兒子。庫切列納透露：“簽證問題已經解決，我們預計斯諾登的父親將很快來到莫斯科，其他親屬也將來俄。”
***傳加拿大監控巴西能源部通訊
巴西“環球電視新聞網”（Globo）7日披露的情報文件顯示，加拿大情報部門監控巴西礦業和能源部的通訊。
據稱，巴西礦業和能源部的電話、電郵和網絡流量元數據均遭到加拿大通訊安全局（CSRC）的攔截記錄。該局使用一種名爲“奧林匹亞”（Olympia）的軟件追蹤巴西礦業和能源部與第三方的通訊內容，就連他國駐巴西大使館以及拉美能源組織駐當地辦事處與巴西礦業和能源部的通訊也被監控。
巴西“環球電視新聞網”稱，其報道是基於美國中情局前僱員斯諾登泄露的情報文件，斯諾登是在一場有美國、加拿大、英國、澳大利亞和新西蘭情報分析師參加的會議上獲取這些文件。
巴西礦業和能源部部長愛迪生•洛邦形容此事事態“嚴重”，他說，許多加拿大企業有意在巴西經商，如果監控是要鎖定這方面，“我不知道（加拿大當局）是不是想幫助某些特定企業”。
