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Edward Snowden responds to release of e-mail by U.S. officials
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Washington Post


Washington Post, May 29, 2014
Posted: June 2nd, 2014
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/edward...

Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden responded to questions from The Washington Post following the release of an e-mail he had sent while working for the National Security Agency. Q: How do you respond to todays NSA statement and the release of your email with the Office of General Counsel? A: The NSAs new discovery of written contact between me and its lawyers - after more than a year of denying any such contact existed - raises serious concerns. It reveals as false the NSAs claim ... that after extensive investigation, including interviews with his former NSA supervisors and co-workers, we have not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowdens contention that he brought these matters to anyones attention. Todays release is incomplete, and does not include my correspondence with the Signals Intelligence Directorates Office of Compliance. [But] whether my disclosures were justified does not depend on whether I raised these concerns previously. Thats because the system is designed to ensure that even the most valid concerns are suppressed and ignored, not acted upon. The fact that two powerful Democratic Senators - Ron Wyden and Mark Udall - knew of mass surveillance that they believed was abusive and felt constrained [not] to do anything about it underscores how futile such internal action is -- and will remain -- until these processes are reformed. Still, the fact is that I did raise such concerns both verbally and in writing, and on multiple, continuing occasions - as I have always said.

Note: For more on the Snowden case, see the deeply revealing reports from reliable major media sources available here.


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