@ wikileaks "The Inside Story of Edward Snowden," by Someone Who Never Met or Spoke With Edward Snowden 5:38 AM - 3 Feb 2014
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The article was not well received by many Guardian readers either.
"Luke, if you wanted to write an article about your contempt for the FSB you would have been better served in not using Snowden as a convenient foil for your diatribe against them... It is not journalism. It comes off as a contrivance," reader LiberalinCalif wrote in the comments section of the Guardian's website.
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@ lukeharding1968 hack-job: "#Snowden climbed into grey unmarked car" @ guardian reader: "ie a car" http://www. theguardian.com/world/2014/feb /02/is-edward-snowden-prisoner-in-russia#comment-31485769 #WikiLeaks #Assange 4:58 AM - 3 Feb 2014
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Some more prosaic readers suggested Harding was "speculating all the way" just for "promoting his book," and wondered if it was ethical for the author and the UK media to "try and cash in on Snowden's name."
Harding worked as The Guardian's Moscow correspondent from 2007 until he was refused entry into Russia in February 2012 at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport. While he has claimed the move was an expulsion linked to his critical articles on the Russian government, for Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that his visa was not renewed due to violations involving visits to restricted areas by the journalist.
A week after being denied entry to the country, Harding was issued with a short-term visa. He stayed for a short while, but then relocated to London. In his subsequent Guardian-published book about his time in Russia, titled, "Mafia State: How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia," Harding detailed what he claimed was a systematic campaign of harassment against him and his family by the FSB.
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