THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE — Contracting firm Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp said on Tuesday it has fired Edward Snowden, who admitted to releasing information on the U.S. government’s broad monitoring of Americans’ phone and Internet data, for violating the firm’s ethics and policies.

The 29-year-old Snowden worked as an infrastructure analyst for the company.

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