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January 30, 2014

Clapper Calls on Snowden & "Accomplices" to Return Stolen Docs 
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has launched a new
attack on whistleblower Edward Snowden. Speaking before the Senate
Intelligence Committee, Clapper called on Snowden to return all stolen
documents to the National Security Agency after causing what he called
major harm to U.S. security. Clapper also suggested that the journalists
who have published Snowden's leaks are his "accomplices."

James Clapper: "Snowden claims that he has won and that his mission is
accomplished, if that is so, I call on him and his accomplices to
facilitate the return of the remaining stolen documents that have not
yet been exposed to prevent even more damage to U.S. security. What I do
want to speak to as the nation's senior intelligence officer is the
profound damage that his disclosures have caused and continue to cause.
As a consequence the nations is less safe and its people less secure.
What Snowden has stolen and exposed has gone way, way beyond his
professed concerns with domestic surveillance programs."

Snowden has repeatedly maintained he's no longer in possession of any of
the documents he took from the NSA, having passed them on to journalists
to report at their discretion. Clapper was appearing before the same
panel he was caught lying to last year about the deliberate collection
of Americans' personal information.

 

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