BUSINESS INSIDER
By Michael Kelley
12/08/2013
The quantity and range of leaks facilitated by Edward Snowden have become clear in recent news stories.
First, The Australian reports that Edward Snowden stole as many as 20,000 Aussie signals intelligence files from the NSA's systems. Australia's attorney general called the disclosures the most damaging in the country's history.
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American hero Edward Snowden |
Second, on Thursday Swedish television reported that S weden's signals intelligence agency, the FRA, has been a key partner for the United States in spying on Russia and its leadership. A previous report said that Sweden is also a key partner of the GCHQ.
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NSA Director Alexander in "Oh shit" moment - going to prison |
The Swedish TV report is especially striking because the disclosures seem to fly in the face of something Greenwald told the Daily Beast in June:
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Those that aided NSA criminals will be destroyed |
No matter the editorial parameters, there is clearly more material to report: As of November 27, about 552 pages of Snowden's documents have been published in a variety of media outlets. This week Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger testified that the paper p ublished 1% of the 58,000 files it had received from Snowden.
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Americans now becoming immune to Obama/NSA/CIA terror tactics |
A further concern is that Snowden apparently had documents that he didn't give to journalists — including 30,000 documents that do not deal with NSA surveillance, "but primarily with standard intelligence about other countries’ military capabilities , including weapons systems" — and it is unclear what he did with those files.
Snowden currently lives under Kremlin protection in Russia.