“One of the authors of a controversial Sunday Times article alleging that Edward Snowden’s actions endangered the lives of British spies defended the story in an interview on CNN Sunday.
The article, by Tom Harper, Richard Kerbaj and Tim Shipman, claims that Russian and Chinese authorities have gained access to encrypted documents leaked by Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who gained worldwide notoriety in 2013 by releasing a cache of classified NSA material. The Times story, published this past Sunday, cites multiple anonymous U.K. government sources who claim that British intelligence agents have had to withdraw from a number of countries because Russia and China were allegedly able to identify them using the documents in question.
The Times article doesn’t make it clear what evidence exists, if any, to support these allegations. That’s what the CNN interview was trying to pin down.”
Read more here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/15/sunday-times-cnn-interview_n_7588000.html
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur), host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
Get The Young Turks​ Mobile App Today!
Download the iOS version here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-young-turks/id412793195?ls=1&mt=8
Download the Android version here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tyt
Comments
Edward Snowden is a hero. He is a truly gifted American patriot and I only wish I had the opportunity to do the same. Mr. Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Thomas Drake et al should be hailed as the fore-fathers of the country and world we will one day live in. A world without governments who murder, politicians who get bribed and lie under oath, a world with basic human rights and true freedom. Hmm, what if we stopped accepting dollars and created our own currency for people who work? Stores won’t accept their paper, their power is gone and the middle class rises up. Bitcoin anyone?