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Public surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden will speak to University of Lethbridge students next month from his self-imposed exile in Russia.

Snowden, who in 2013 blew the lid off U.S. intelligence services’ collection of private data on millions of its innocent citizens, will make a one-hour web-link presentation on May 9 to an audience at the U of L, the University of Winnipeg, and Brandon University.

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A question and answer session will follow with the man who gave up his contract job with the U.S. government while alerting Americans to mass surveillance being undertaken by the National Security Administration.

The appearance by the former CIA computer specialist is part of a high-profile lecture series hosted by the University of Winnipeg, said U of L spokesman Trevor Kinney.

“They were looking to bring in some pretty high-profile people, and the cost was prohibitive, so they looked for a couple of partners to come in on it,” he said.