◼ Snowden is reportedly carrying four laptop computers loaded with top-secret U.S. intelligence documents. - Marc A. Thiessen/Washington Post
◼ Bush: Snowden ‘damaged the security of the country’ rt.com
Speaking to CNN, Bush not only condemned Snowden’s actions but defended the surveillance policies he signed off on more than a decade earlier.
“I put that program in place to protect the country,” Bush said. “One of the certainties was that civil liberties were guaranteed.”
Drudge:
PUTIN WELCOMES 'NEW DISSIDENT'...
SNOWDEN APPLIES FOR ASYLUM IN RUSSIA...
OBAMA: US In 'High-Level Discussions' To Extradite...
PUTIN: Snowden 'must stop his work aimed at harming our American partners'...
Lucianne:
Obama brushes off European criticism of American spying
His response, "Everybody does it." Right up there on the
snotty response hit parade with, "What difference does it make?"
Honey, Snowden Shrank Obama
American Spectator, by Jed Babbin
Putin Says Snowden Must Stop Hurting U.S. to Stay in Russia
New York Times, by Andrew Roth and Ellen Barry
Putin hints at offer for Snowden to remain in Russia
Guardian (UK), by Miriam Elder
◼ 5 Intriguing New NSA Revelations From Edward Snowden - Mother Jones
The United States is bugging EU diplomats, can store 1 billion cellphone calls daily, and more eyebrow-raising disclosures about National Security Agency spying.
