NSA leak journalist says more revelations on their way

[sailingaway]

(CNN) -- As U.S. federal agents build a case against the contractor who exposed controversial electronic surveillance programs by the National Security Agency, one of the journalists who has been working with him says more secrets are set to be revealed soon.

"There are extremely invasive spying programs that the public still does not know about that the NSA regularly engages in or other capabilities that they're developing," said Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for the Guardian, the British newspaper that broke the first story based on secret NSA documents.

"To the extent we can shine light on them and bring transparency to them consistent with national security, we fully intend to do so and to do so as quickly as we can," he said in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday.

Greenwald received the documents from Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old employee at the computer consultant Booz Allen Hamilton, a contractor for the U.S. electronic intelligence agency.

Snowden told the Guardian that he left behind his family and a six-figure job in Hawaii to reveal the extent of the NSA's collection of telephone and Internet data, which he called "an existential threat to democracy."

He said he expects to be prosecuted for the leak. And a federal law enforcement official said Monday that FBI agents have begun an investigation by searching Snowden's home and computers and seeking interviews with his girlfriend, relatives, friends and co-workers.

more and video: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/11/politics/nsa-leak/

[puppetmaster]

Get this shit out now.....

[AlexAmore]

Get this shit out now.....

This has been my theory...

He's releasing everything at very strategic times. He released the 1st hit and then let the world marinate in it, but more importantly allowed Obama and D.C to come out and defend it with lies...at which point Greenwald released another hit that pointed out their lies immediately.

It's also a good idea to stretch this out as long as possible.

[CaptUSA]

My guesses?

- Every financial transaction you make is being logged.
- The government worked with companies to integrate technologies to make it easier to track you (hooking up your cell phones to social media...)
- Every American (and loads of foreigners) has a risk score based upon data sweeps. The highest scores get intense scrutiny.
- The FISA judges are more like prosecutors and work from an executive position (even though they pretend to be judiciary).
- This system has been used by some for personal and political purposes and there are examples.

[Natural Citizen]

Methinks we just figgered on what's so special about that theoretically special relationship. You know the one....:rolleyes:

[tangent4ronpaul]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/us-surveillance-leak-more-to-come-says-greenwald/article4803716.ece

Mr. Greenwald also told The Associated Press that he’s been contacted by “countless people” over the last 24 hours offering to create legal defence funds for Mr. Snowden.

Mr. Snowden, however, had not just gone to Mr. Greenwald with his information. Barton Gellman of The Washington Post wrote on Sunday that Mr. Snowden had contacted him about the story. He said Mr. Snowden had asked that the Post to publish within 72 hours the full contents of a presentation he had made about the collection of electronic activity from the Silicon Valley companies.


Glenn Greenwald To Jake Tapper: Leaks Have Damaged Reputations Of Politicians, Not National Security
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-greenwald-to-jake-tapper-leaks-have-damaged-reputations-of-politicians-not-national-security/

Glenn Greenwald sat down with CNN host Jake Tapper on Monday where he teased the fact that his publication will be breaking more stories this week.

Reporter in U.S. surveillance case says 'significant revelations' coming
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/06/11/us-surveillance-programs-prism-snowden.html

Greenwald said Tuesday that there will be more "significant revelations" to come from the documents. "We are going to have a lot more significant revelations that have not yet been heard over the next several weeks and months."

Greenwald told The Associated Press the decision was being made on when to release the next story


Guardian Makes Waves, and Is Ready for More
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/business/guardian-reaps-benefits-from-nsa-scoop.html

When Janine Gibson, the editor in chief of The Guardian’s Web site in the United States, realized that one of her columnists had a scoop about secret National Security Agency surveillance — potentially one of the biggest leaks in American intelligence history — she presented it to The Guardian’s top editor in London with classic British understatement.

“I’ve got a little story to chat to you about,” she told the editor, Alan Rusbridger.

(lol)


Laura Poitras, a documentary filmmaker who shared a byline with Mr. Greenwald in The Guardian and Mr. Gellman in The Post in the coverage of the N.S.A. leaks, said in an interview with Salon that Mr. Snowden “had a suspicion of mainstream media.”

David Corn, the Washington bureau chief at Mother Jones magazine — who is probably best known for releasing the Mitt Romney “47 percent” video — said that leakers once sought out established news organizations like television networks and national newspapers but that “that oligopoly no longer exists.”

“If the leak is big enough, it doesn’t matter what platform you choose,” he said. “If it has merit and wow factor, you will get your story out.”

NSA leak journalist says more revelations on their way
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/11/politics/nsa-leak/

one of the journalists who has been working with him says more secrets are set to be revealed soon.

"There are extremely invasive spying programs that the public still does not know about that the NSA regularly engages in or other capabilities that they're developing," said Glenn Greenwald

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[BuddyRey]

Strategically, it's NOT a very wise decision to announce you have more earth-shaking secrets to tell, but then sit on them for a few more days or weeks. The last guy who did that was Andrew Brietbart.

[wgadget]

Is that sweat I am detecting? ������

[Cleaner44]

Contractor fires Snowden from $122000 per-year job (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/11/booz-allen-snowden-fired/2411231/)

Fired? Looks like there is a job opening... guess I should apply. Will anyone here vouch for me?

[Elias Graves]

I can understand avoiding a document dump where the trees get lost in the forest but this needs to be released now.

[UtahApocalypse]

I wonder if Snowden has a "insurance" plan. Some method to drop a huge bombshell of information if he is taken out.

He mentioned in the interview that he had access to details of all facilities, agents, and more. Could that be another shoe ready to drop?

[jbauer]

hope he gets it out there before he ends up dead from a....car accident or something.

[kahless]

I think he is doing the right thing. The media is starting to turn against him. Now would be a good time to release more information to expose the media in their lies to cover it up.