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Judi Lynn

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Tue Aug 6, 2013, 04:23 PM Aug 2013

US reporter claims he has huge cache of Edward Snowden files

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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