Counterspy Official: Snowden Leak Damage Increasing

Trump may expel more Russian spies for election meddling

Bill Gertz
April 19, 2018 4:58 AM

Damage to U.S. electronic intelligence-gathering capabilities caused by renegade National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has increased over the past year, a senior U.S. counterintelligence official disclosed on Wednesday.

MSNBC Anchor Likens Nunes to Edward Snowden

Katelyn Caralle
February 1, 2018 4:25 PM

Accused Leaker Reality Winner Stuffed NSA Report in Her Pantyhose

Reality Winner exits the Augusta Courthouse June 8, 2017 / Getty Images

Katelyn Caralle
September 28, 2017 9:05 AM

Former National Security Agency contractor Reality Leigh Winner told FBI agents she smuggled a classified document out of a high security intelligence facility in her pantyhose.

Report: Snowden Has Legal Grounds for Russian Citizenship

Morgan Chalfant
January 18, 2017 11:34 AM

Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked top-secret information to the press, has legal grounds to apply for Russian citizenship in the near future, according to Russian news reports quoting his lawyer.

CIA, NSA Missed Warning Signs of Snowden Betrayal

Security failure caused 'massive' national security damage

Bill Gertz
December 23, 2016 4:59 AM

Both the CIA and National Security Agency missed warning signs that renegade contractor Edward Snowden was a disgruntled worker who eventually stole 1.5 million secret documents, according to a congressional study made public Thursday.

NSA Contractor Arrested in Possible Theft of Top Secret Materials

Natalie Johnson
October 5, 2016 2:57 PM

The FBI recently arrested a National Security Agency contractor on suspicions that he stole highly classified computer codes used to hack into foreign government networks, senior intelligence officials told the New York Times on Wednesday.

Report: FBI Use of Controversial Surveillance Program Declined After Snowden Revelations

Natalie Johnson
September 29, 2016 3:53 PM

The FBI has significantly scaled back its collection of Americans’ phone records since Edward Snowden exposed the government’s surveillance program in 2013, according to a new report.

The Cyber Threat: Snowden—Ultimate Insider Threat Missed by NSA Security

How political correctness harms the intelligence community and national security

Bill Gertz
September 20, 2016 5:00 AM

Security officials today use the politically-correct term “insider threat” to describe what were once called traitors, and no one was more aggressive in pursuing them than counterintelligence types at the National Security Agency.

Snowden Plans to Vote in U.S. Presidential Election While Exiled

Natalie Johnson
September 16, 2016 3:49 PM

Edward Snowden said on Friday that he plans to vote in November’s presidential election despite remaining exiled in Moscow after leaking a cache of top-secret U.S. National Security Agency documents.

Hillary Clinton Fundraiser Wants Edward Snowden Pardoned

Cards Against Humanity creator says we owe Snowden 'enormous debt of gratitude'

Brent Scher
September 16, 2016 1:02 PM

Hillary Clinton fundraiser and Cards of Humanity co-creator Max Temkin took to Twitter this week to argue that Edward Snowden should receive a presidential pardon, putting him at odds with the Democratic presidential nominee on the issue.