A 29-year-old defence contractor admitted Sunday he was the source of bombshell leaks to The Guardian newspaper of US government surveillance programmes.

A 29-year-old defence contractor admitted Sunday he was the source of bombshell leaks to The Guardian newspaper of US government surveillance programmes. \"I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong,\" Edward Snowden told The Guardian in an interview posted on the British newspaper\'s website.