The Intercept & Spying 2014: Website Finds New Leaker?
The Internet site that gave Edward Snowden his fame by publishing his leaked National Security Agency documents may have found another whistleblower.
CNN reported Tuesday that based off of a report of classified documents -- which detail a list of terrorist suspects that are, in fact, not connected to any known terrorist groups -- it appears that The Intercept has found a new leaker.
The report shows that, of the about 680,000 listed suspects, at least 40 percent are not affiliated with a known terrorist group.
A former FBI special agent confirmed to The Intercept that the watchlist is outrageous, and has increased significantly since the 47,000 under George W. Bush.
"If everything is terrorism, then nothing is terrorism," David Gomez told The Intercept. "You need some fact-basis to say a guy is a terrorist, that you know to a probable-cause standard that he is a terrorist. Then I say, 'Build as big a file as you can on him.' But if you just suspect that somebody is a terrorist? Not so much."
The new documents appeared a year after Snowden leaked his batch in June 2013, and U.S. officials suspected there were other leakers, according to CNN.
Glenn Greenwald, who launched The Intercept, hinted at the second leak in July and had previously told CNN it is likely there would be more Snowdens.
"I definitely think it's fair to say that there are people who have been inspired by Edward Snowden's courage and by the great good and virtue that it has achieved," he said. "I have no doubt there will be other sources inside the government who see extreme wrongdoing who are inspired by Edward Snowden."
The leaked documents were prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center, which has yet to comment on the news, according to The Intercept. The identity of the leaker remains unknown.
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