SaptaZapta Wrote:They're not calling him a spy, they're calling him "US spy leaker". i.e., the guy who leaked the fact that the US spies on everyone.
If they wanted to call him a spy and a leaker, they'd say "spy and leaker", "spy, leaker" or "spy/leaker".
At least that's how I read the title.
Disclaimer: English is not my native language.
It's an awful title and it's calling the guy a spy and a leaker. US, spy and leaker are used as adjectives in that sentence to describe Edward Snowden.
Next time use the whole sentence and not just a "fragment" (US spy leaker) to see what it means, because figuring out that fragment alone is a headache.