Documents Show Feds Tried to Discredit Snowden Using His Own Email
Newly declassified documents show that Edward Snowden first raised concerns with the NSA before he leaked the information.
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FBI Director Comey: NSA Leader Snowden Is No Hero or Whistleblower
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey can think of a few adjectives to describe NSA leaker Edward Snowden, but “whistleblower” and “hero” are not among them. NPR reports that Comey can’t understand why Snowden would be held up as a hero when all three branches of the U.S. government have approved surveillance of phone…
Burglar Recounts Reason She, Others Broke Into Philadelphia’s FBI Office in 1971
By Bonnie Raines The Guardian I vividly remember the eureka moment. It was the night we broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, in March 1971 and removed about 1,000 documents from filing cabinets. We had a hunch that there would be incriminating material there, as the FBI under J Edgar Hoover was…
U.S. Blasts Russia for Granting Asylum to NSA Leaker Edward Snowden
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. government has expressed deep disappointment over Russia’s decision to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the BBC reports. The White House is considering a number of moves to express that disappointment, including canceling a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We’re extremely disappointed that the Russian government would take…
Ex-CIA Chief Compares NSA Leaker Snowden to Boston Marathon Bombers
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Of all the ways to describe Edward Snowden, former CIA and NSA chief Michael Hayden may have come up with the most incendiary. In an interview with Financial Review, an Austrian publication, Hayden compared Snowden to the Boston Marathon bombers. “I don’t think Snowden spied for the money, and he probably did…
Congress to Consider Restricting NSA’s Domestic Surveillance Programs
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The growing controversy over NSA’s domestic surveillance programs is likely to spark legislative debates that could change the extent to which feds can snoop on Americans, McClatchy Newspapers reports. Elected officials have been growing increasingly concerned about the NSA since Edward Swowden leaked information about the surveillance last month. “People at the…
NSA Takes Steps to Strengthen Security of Sensitive Information Following Leak
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Hoping to strengthen its security to avoid another leak, the NSA is examining how former contractor Edward Snowden was able to access and remove sensitive information, The Los Angeles Times reports. “This failure originated from two practices that we need to reverse,” Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said at a security forum…
NSA Leaker Snowden May Leave Moscow Airport in Next Few Days
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com NSA Leaker may have plans to soon leave the Moscow airport where he has been stuck in legal limbo, the USA Today reports. A lawyer assisting Snowden is helping him apply for temporary asylum in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Snowden has been advised not to do anything that would jeopardize…