US reporter claims he has huge cache of Edward Snowden files
Source: Agence France-Presse
US reporter claims he has huge cache of Edward Snowden files
Agence France-Presse | Updated: August 07, 2013 01:15 IST
Brasilia: Brazil-based Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald said that he had received more than 15,000 secret US government documents from intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
Greenwald, an American who was among the first to release details of Washington's vast electronic surveillance program, gave no details of the content of the files as he testified before the Brazilian Senate's foreign relations committee.
"I did not do an exact count, but he gave me 15,000, 20,000 documents. Very, very complete and very long," Greenwald said, responding to questions from lawmakers.
"The stories we have published are a small portion. There will certainly be more revelations on the espionage activities of the US government and allied governments (...) on how they have penetrated the communications systems of Brazil and Latin America," he said.
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OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)Spin, spin, sugar.
rtracey
(2,062 posts)turn them over to the government....
It was just a thought, but I'm better now...
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)He was drugged and they copied them in the middle of the night.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Do you have a link to any reports based on reliable facts?
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)Merlot
(9,696 posts)That would be the least likely place to keep them. They're stored remotely somewhere and will be released if something "happens" to him.
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)They have his shoe size. They have him chipped like a pet. They have every thought in his head.
They have all the files, no matter where they are.
mahannah
(893 posts)Kolesar
(31,182 posts)The melodrama continues
Yukari Yakumo
(3,013 posts)zzzzzzz
What does responding to questions have to do with look at me? LOL Your bias is on full display. LOL
"I did not do an exact count, but he gave me 15,000, 20,000 documents. Very, very complete and very long," Greenwald said, responding to questions from lawmakers.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Great thing about the laws of rogue states, they do not extend outside their borders.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)He is not only in Brazil but he is testifying in fluent Portuguese.
What he does/says in Brazil is not subject to US law, any more than George Bush's actions were subject to Venezuelan law, for example.