Edward Snowden's classified data set "opened up" to the press.
All classified documents copied by former US intelligence employee Edward Snowden from the government system will be released to journalists and news organizations that cooperate with the agency currently holding these documents.
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| Former NSA employee Edward Snowden in Moscow on October 9, 2013. (Source: AFP/VNA) |
The Intercept, a news site founded by journalist Glenn Greenwald, announced on May 16th that it would invite journalists and news organizations, including foreign ones, to collaborate on the data provided by Snowden.
Among these are pieces of information related to the public interest that should be made public.
Mr. Greenwald said that The Intercept had "opened up" its data repository to the French newspaper Le Monde and many other news organizations.
However, according to an agreement with Snowden, the journalists participating in this program must adhere to certain rules.
On the same day, The Intercept also published dozens of internal correspondence from the US National Security Agency (NSA) that mentioned the agency's role in the interrogation of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.
Accordingly, the NSA has an official whose job is to have daily contact with interrogators to assess and extract information obtained from detainees.
The website also published a compiled version of 166 NSA memos called "SIDtoday," which included reports on the agency's top-secret programs.
The NSA has not yet responded to press inquiries regarding this latest information.
In 2013, Snowden, a contract employee with access to classified NSA information, copied and leaked a large amount of classified information related to the agency's global surveillance programs.
The US authorities charged Snowden and issued an arrest warrant, but he fled to Moscow seeking asylum.
Snowden is currently granted temporary residency status in Russia. Under current US law, if brought to trial, the former CIA employee could face a 30-year prison sentence.
The NSA revelations have shaken the world, straining US relations with allies as leaked information showed Washington secretly monitoring German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, the Mexican government, and many other countries.
Following this incident, US President Barack Obama pledged transparency in the NSA's operations, and the US Congress reformed bills related to online surveillance of individuals.
According to Vietnamplus.vn
