American whistleblower Edward Snowden has come upwardly inwards back upwardly of an Indian journalist, who is beingness investigated for a written report on the controversial Aadhaar information breach.
Snowden, a quondam Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee, who is currently inwards exile inwards Russian Federation said that instead of prosecuting the journalist, the regime of Republic of Republic of India should penalize the Unique Identification Authority of Republic of Republic of India (UIDAI) for the alleged leak.
"The journalists exposing the #Aadhaar breach deserve an award, non an investigation. If the regime were genuinely concerned for justice, they would live on reforming the policies that destroyed the privacy of a billion Indians. Want to arrest those responsible? They are called @UIDAI," Snowden posted on Twitter.
The Delhi Police has registered an "open-ended" First Information Report (FIR) against the "The Tribune" reporter, Miss Rachna Khaira, who wrote an article on how she was able to purchase citizens' personal details for simply 500 rupees ($8; £6), later on a UIDAI file a electrical load against her.
"It is the natural style of regime to wish perfect records of individual lives. History shows that no affair the laws, the lawsuit is abuse," Snowden.
The editor of The Tribune newspaper, has defended her maxim it had been published "in answer to a rattling genuine work organization alongside the citizens on a affair of cracking world interest".
However, the key regime has clarrified to this ste past times maxim that they are fully committed to the liberty of press, in addition to said they promise that the paper in addition to its reporter volition cooperate with them inwards investigating the purported information breach.
"The regime is fully committed to liberty of press likewise every bit to maintaining safety in addition to sanctity of Aadhaar for India's development... I've suggested UIDAI to asking Tribune in addition to its journalist to give all assistance to law inwards investigating existent offenders," information technology government minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted.
