Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Pentagon Official: NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Stole Everything

File photo of Edward Snowden. PHOTO: REUTERS

DOD Official: Snowden ‘Stole Everything — Literally Everything’ -- Daily Caller

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden stole vastly more information than previously speculated, and is holding it at ransom for his own protection.

“What’s floating is so dangerous, we’d be behind for twenty years in terms of access (if it were to be leaked),” a ranking Department of Defense official told the Daily Caller.

“He stole everything — literally everything,” the official said.

Last month British and U.S. intelligence officials speculated Snowden had in his possession a “doomsday cache” of intelligence information, including the names of undercover intelligence personnel stationed around the world.

“Sources briefed on the matter” told Reuters that such a cache could be used as an insurance policy in the event Snowden was captured, and that, “the worst was yet to come.”

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My Comment: This will probably be ranked as one of the worst (if not the worst) intelligence failure in U.S. history .... but what I find amazing is that no one in the intelligence community has been held accountable for this disaster.

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