FBI Director Robert Mueller testified Thursday that Edward Snowden’s leak about NSA surveillance programs “caused significant harm to our nation and to our safety.”
U.S. Officials Fear NSA Leaker Has More Classified Documents -- Washington Post
A broad assessment of the damage caused by disclosure of documents on classified intelligence programs has concluded that the former National Security Agency contractor who claimed responsibility for the leaks likely obtained dozens of additional sensitive files, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The disclosure came as NSA and FBI officials came under new pressure from senior lawmakers to defend the agency’s interpretation of a law that it has used to sweep up the phone records of millions of U.S. citizens and to declassify material to support NSA Director Keith Alexander’s assertion that the surveillance programs have helped to thwart “dozens” of terrorist attacks.
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My Comment: On one hand they are calling NSA leaker Edward Snowden a liar .... on the other hand they are now admitting that he probably has in his possession dozens of sensitive files. You cannot have it both ways .... he is either a liar and does not have in his possession sensitive files .... or he is telling the truth and that he has in his possession sensitive files. My money is on him telling the truth .... otherwise we would not be having secret US Senate briefings, Presidential announcements, and thousands of media reports on this story.
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