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In reply to the discussion: Chelsea Manning Faces Possible Charges For Suicide Attempt [View all]Exclusive: Snowden Tried to Tell NSA About Surveillance Concerns, Documents Reveal
By Jason Leopold, Marcy Wheeler, and Ky Henderson
June 4, 2016
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Hundreds of internal NSA documents, declassified and released to VICE News in response to our long-running Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, reveal now for the first time that not only was the truth about the "single email" more complex and nuanced than the NSA disclosed to the public, but that Snowden had a face-to-face interaction with one of the people involved in responding to that email. The documents, made up of emails, talking points, and various records many of them heavily redacted contain insight into the NSA's interaction with the media, new details about Snowden's work, and an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the efforts by the NSA, the White House, and US Senator Dianne Feinstein to discredit Snowden.
The trove of more than 800 pages [pdf at the end of this story], along with several interviews conducted by VICE News, offer unprecedented insight into the NSA during this time of crisis within the agency. And they call into question aspects of the US government's long-running narrative about Snowden's time at the NSA.
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https://news.vice.com/article/edward-snowden-leaks-tried-to-tell-nsa-about-surveillance-concerns-exclusive
By Jason Leopold, Marcy Wheeler, and Ky Henderson
June 4, 2016
...
Hundreds of internal NSA documents, declassified and released to VICE News in response to our long-running Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, reveal now for the first time that not only was the truth about the "single email" more complex and nuanced than the NSA disclosed to the public, but that Snowden had a face-to-face interaction with one of the people involved in responding to that email. The documents, made up of emails, talking points, and various records many of them heavily redacted contain insight into the NSA's interaction with the media, new details about Snowden's work, and an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the efforts by the NSA, the White House, and US Senator Dianne Feinstein to discredit Snowden.
The trove of more than 800 pages [pdf at the end of this story], along with several interviews conducted by VICE News, offer unprecedented insight into the NSA during this time of crisis within the agency. And they call into question aspects of the US government's long-running narrative about Snowden's time at the NSA.
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https://news.vice.com/article/edward-snowden-leaks-tried-to-tell-nsa-about-surveillance-concerns-exclusive
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I am not smart enough to know that. But I know it sounds brutish, sadistic cruel and
merrily
Jul 2016
#21
I know they have that in civilian courts but do the prosecutors for the military have it as well?
cstanleytech
Jul 2016
#25
Clueless, distasteful post. For your own sake, you should consider a self delete.
merrily
Jul 2016
#15
I was just wondering if you also thought the invasion was wrong and that you also thought that
xocet
Jul 2016
#41
Your point is absolutely true in the context you intend. My point is that the entire idea of
xocet
Jul 2016
#75
Many thought Jackie Robinson earned his court-martial and prosecution in 1944 as well.
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#48
Indefinite solitary confinement? That's just torture, and should be illegal...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2016
#72