WASHINGTON Before Edward Snowden began leaking national security secrets, he twice cleared the hurdle of the federal government's background check system first at the CIA, then as a systems analyst at the National Security Agency...
'NSA leaks raise concerns about reliability of government's sensitive background check system' Washington Post: http://tinyurl.com/lcu6phy > > It's Bush's fault! > > > WASHINGTON Long ago, before fiber-optic splitter > intercepts, before secret deals with ISPs and telecoms > to let the government monitor billions of emails and > cellphone calls yes, before email and cellphones > even existed Congress put the nation's spy agencies > on the hot seat... > > 'The intelligence-industrial complex: can Congress control it?' > San Antonio Express-News: > http://tinyurl.com/q4brlz5 > > > Everyone knows by now that Edward Snowden worked for > > Booz Allen Hamilton for only three months. We know > > that the purloined information appeared in the > > Guardian. > > > > And, we know that Snowden flew to Hong Kong and then > > to Moscow. The question remains "Who, if anyone, aided > > and abetted this well-planned theft of U.S. secrets?" > > > > 'Who Helped Snowden Steal State Secrets?' > > Wall Street Journal: > > http://tinyurl.com/n9gyuv2 > > > > > He's encrypted thousands of documents and sent them > > > to Wikileaks. For all we know he may be a stooge, > > > "in an elaborate scheme to get disinformation, or > > > malware, into Chinese or Russian intelligence. (Or > > > for all he knows)." > > > > > > http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/170444/ > > > > > > "Every revelation about Edward Snowden should only > > > deepen our concerns about our private data." > > > > > > 'Fear of a Black Hat' > > > Slate: > > > http://tinyurl.com/npz2lsb > > > > > >
