Snowdon is a dummy

During a single day last year, the NSA’s Special Source Operations branch collected 444,743 email address books from Yahoo, 105,068 from Hotmail, 82,857 from Facebook, 33,697 from Gmail and 22,881 from unspecified other providers, according to an internal NSA PowerPoint presentation.

There more to come, dearest: at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference currently taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald said: When it comes to the "shock" inspired by the recent National Security Agency revelations, the worst is yet to come.

There is some disconnect somewhere.

In a statement posted on his blog, Mr Greenwald said: “My partnership with The Guardian has been extremely fruitful and fulfilling: I have high regard for the editors and journalists with whom I worked and am incredibly proud of what we achieved.

“The decision to leave was not an easy one, but I was presented with a once-in-a-career dream journalistic opportunity that no journalist could possibly decline.”

And I view "exposing these programs" as aiding the people who are trying to brutally murder me.

Yes. I don't think the government violates my freedom by having supercomputers comb the internet looking for people who are trying to brutally murder me.

And I view "exposing these programs" as aiding the people who are trying to brutally murder me.

Snowden leaks: David Cameron urges committee to investigate Guardian

David Cameron has encouraged a Commons select committee to investigate whether the Guardian has broken the law or damaged national security by publishing secrets leaked by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.

He made his proposal in response to a question from former defence secretary Liam Fox, saying the Guardian had been guilty of double standards for exposing the scandal of phone hacking by newspapers and yet had gone on to publish secrets from the NSA taken by Snowden.

Speaking at prime minister's questions on Wednesday, Cameron said: "The plain fact is that what has happened has damaged national security and in many ways the Guardian themselves admitted that when they agreed, when asked politely by my national security adviser and cabinet secretary to destroy the files they had, they went ahead and destroyed those files.

"So they know that what they're dealing with is dangerous for national security. I think it's up to select committees in this house if they want to examine this issue and make further recommendations."

The prime minister's spokesman refused to elaborate on what Cameron meant by the issue of the Guardian disclosures being examined by a select committee.

There are as many as four committees that might take up David Cameron's suggestion, including the culture select committee, the home affairs select committee, the defence select committee and the intelligence and security select committee.
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Cameron did not follow calls by the backbench Tory MP Julian Smith for the police to prosecute.
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Yes. I don't think the government violates my freedom by having supercomputers comb the internet looking for people who are trying to brutally murder me.

And I view "exposing these programs" as aiding the people who are trying to brutally murder me.

Nonsense these programs go far beyond any need to be looking for a few terrorists and are design to do massive spying on most of the world population including US citizens.

It 1984 with super computers or Hoover with his blackmail files on super steroids.

The man should get medals for explosing this danger to all our rights to privacy a right that is every bet as important as the right to own firearms if not more so.

He deserves a fair trial...and I hope he gets one soon.

Frank Apisa wrote:

He deserves a fair trial...and I hope he gets one soon.

I have missed that: he is accused of exactly what by the prosecution where?

And why is it legal that US authorities use data from stolen CDs containing confidential banking data? And then charge foreign nationals in the United States with helping tax cheats?

He is accused of stealing state secrets...and of violating his oath. I imagine when they finally get him in custody you will see a more formal indication of charges.

Frank Apisa wrote:

He is accused of stealing state secrets...and of violating his oath. I imagine when they finally get him in custody you will see a more formal indication of charges.

I've looked it up - and you are wrong: Snowden is accused by the United States Justice Department of violating the Espionage Act of 1917.