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Report: Feds Hunted For Snowden Before He Went Public
Federal investigators had been looking for Edward Snowden several days before information about National Security Agency surveillance programs he leaked to The Guardian and The Washington Post was published, Reuters reported.
Sources told Reuters on Wednesday that Snowden was only on the job with contractor Booz Allen Hamilton for four weeks before taking time off. When the company couldn't get in touch with Snowden after a long period of time, the sources said, it notified intelligence officials because of Snowden's high-level security clearance.
The sources told Reuters that although government agents had been unable to locate Snowden, they did not know that he leaked the information in the newspaper reports until he revealed himself as the source on Sunday.
The Reuters report came after an account published in The Daily Beast on Monday, in which intelligence sources said that Snowden was immediately identified as the leading suspect when news of the NSA's PRISM surveillance program broke.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/report-feds-hunted-for-snowden-before-he-went
Federal investigators had been looking for Edward Snowden several days before information about National Security Agency surveillance programs he leaked to The Guardian and The Washington Post was published, Reuters reported.
Sources told Reuters on Wednesday that Snowden was only on the job with contractor Booz Allen Hamilton for four weeks before taking time off. When the company couldn't get in touch with Snowden after a long period of time, the sources said, it notified intelligence officials because of Snowden's high-level security clearance.
The sources told Reuters that although government agents had been unable to locate Snowden, they did not know that he leaked the information in the newspaper reports until he revealed himself as the source on Sunday.
The Reuters report came after an account published in The Daily Beast on Monday, in which intelligence sources said that Snowden was immediately identified as the leading suspect when news of the NSA's PRISM surveillance program broke.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/report-feds-hunted-for-snowden-before-he-went
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Report: Feds Hunted For Snowden Before He Went Public (Original Post)
ProSense
Jun 2013
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)2. If there was ever a case for cutting the NSA,
it's the fact that they can't even track a former employee.
Well said. And frankly, I have to say "Sure they were."
ProSense
(116,464 posts)4. That's funny. n/t
HipChick
(25,485 posts)5. Actually the onus falls on Booze Allen Hamilton
They were the contractors for the NSA contract...they are the ones who would need to do the tracking..
Also,he is supposed to report all foreign travel before he leaves the country...
BAH failed on both counts