Sunday, March 9, 2014

NSA Whistle-Blower Edward Snowden: 'Many Other' Spy Programs Remain Secret, For Now

Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald/The Guardian

Snowden Says 'Many Other' Spy Programs Remain Secret, For Now -- US News and World Report

Whistle-blower says U.S. missed Boston Marathon, 'underwear bomb' plots because NSA was 'tied up monitoring online games.'

Exiled whistle-blower Edward Snowden told the European Parliament in testimony published Friday there are many more surprises in the classified cache of documents he downloaded and distributed last year.

But, Snowden said, he will allow the journalists with whom he’s shared the material to decide what to report.

“There are many other undisclosed programs that would impact EU citizens' rights, but I will leave the public interest determinations as to which of these may be safely disclosed to responsible journalists in coordination with government stakeholders,” he said.

The documents that have already been reported on reveal massive efforts by the National Security Agency and its British partner, the Government Communications Headquarters, to scoop up electronic data.

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More News On Remarks By NSA Whistle-blower Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden SXSW Interactive 2014 Live Stream: Where To Watch Online And Start Time -- IBTimes
Snowden to EU Parliament: Many more spy programs to reveal -- Examiner
NSA created 'European bazaar' to spy on EU citizens, Snowden tells European Parliament -- PC World
Snowden: NSA pressured EU into creating ‘European bazaar’ of spy networks -- RT
Edward Snowden to EU: NSA is spying on all of Europe -- UPI
Snowden Tells EU Nations Risk Having Policy Dictated by Spies -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Snowden to EU: NSA Spying distracts from real threats -- The Hill
Snowden Says He Reported N.S.A. Surveillance Concerns Before Leaks -- New York Times
Snowden: I raised NSA concerns internally over 10 times before going rogue -- Washington Post
Snowden Says He Reported Concerns to More Than 10 NSA Officials First -- New York Magazine
Edward Snowden Tells EU Parliament He Wants Asylum In Europe -- NPR
Snowden still wants EU asylum, but it almost certainly won’t happen -- Ars Technica
Edward Snowden, celebrity? -- Andrea Peterson, Washington Post

WNU Editor: Edward Snowden's written EU testimony is here.

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