Updated: ‘Can you hear me now?’ Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA

NEW YORK — Edward Snowden, who has confounded U.S. officials since his abrupt departure from the country two years ago, has just found a new megaphone in Twitter.
The former National Security Agency worker who leaked classified documents about government surveillance started tweeting Tuesday. He had more than 185,000 followers an hour after his first tweet, “Can you hear me now?” Six hours later, he was up to 625,000 followers.
Snowden is following just one account: tweets from