Greenwald goads NSA over ‘staged leaks’ — RT USA

Greenwald goads NSA over ‘staged leaks’ — RT USA:

Reeling from the leak of classified data, NSA officials have anticipated future leaks by sometimes announcing them to the media preemptively, a minimization tactic according to one of the journalists still holding the intel agency’s documents.

Glenn Greenwald, formerly of The Guardian and now of First Look Media, penned a column Monday criticizing both US National Security Agency brass and what he sees as complicit reporters for their role in repeating unverified claims about the intelligence agency.

The outspoken columnist ripped outgoing NSA Director General Keith Alexander, who will be replaced at the top of the agency soon, for trying to prey on the public’s emotions.

Alexander, for example, recently told Fox News’ Bret Baier that former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden knowingly put American lives at risk by making secret documents available to the press. Alexander said that was his “greatest concern” before being asked if the documents that still have yet to be published are dangerous.

“Yes, especially to our military operations and those who are serving overseas…I think this will haunt him for the rest of his life,” Alexander said of Snowden. “Here’s a young guy who made some huge mistakes.”

The Guardian's Brazil-based reporter Glenn Greenwald.(AFP Photo / Evaristo Sa)