U.K. Spy Chiefs Are Grilled In Open Hearings In Britain

'Al Qaeda Is Lapping It Up': Terrorists Boast That Snowden Leaks Are Helping Them Avoid Detection But Spy Chiefs Insist Britain's Secrets Are Better Protected Than America's -- Daily Mail

* Terror groups in Afghanistan, Middle East and 'closer to home' using leaks
* GCHQ picks up 'chat' from specific groups on how to avoid detection
* MI6 boss Sir John Sawers: 'Adversaries are rubbing their hands with glee'
* Grilled by MPs with MI5's Andrew Parker and GCHQ's Sir Iain Lobban
* Intelligence and Security Committee holds unprecedented public hearing
* Debate rages about dangers of Edward Snowden leaking US secrets

Terrorists have been caught boasting that Edward Snowden's leaks of US secrets have made it harder for British spies to prevent future attacks, it emerged today.

Since tens of thousands of files from the National Security Agency were leaked five months ago, Al Qaeda has been 'lapping it up', the head of MI6 Sir John Sawers revealed.

Radical groups in Afghanistan, South Asia and closer to Britain have also been intercepted planning to change their plotting methods as a result of the leaks.

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