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ne, he had no known appointments there. Even so, Snowden carried the digital copies he had made of the top-secret NSA documents to Hong Kong. General Michael Hayden, who served both as the head of the NSA and the CIA, told me. “It’s very mysterious why Snowden chose Hong Kong.” Whatever reason he had for flying t
on’t know, and, implicitly, a way to protect themselves.” And there were many documents in the Snowden breach that met these criteria, according to a National Security official at the Obama White House. The breach had happened on the watch of General Alexander, who headed both the NSA and the US Cyber Command, in 2
ms to explain his ability to do all these things, is that he had help and had help from somebody who was very competent in these matters.” --General Michael Hayden, Former Director of the NSA and CIA Snowden describes himself a whistle-blower, and, according to the polls, the vast majority of the American publi
ia but it would add to Putin’s personal credibility in advance of the Olympic Games in Russia. In mid-June, after US intelligence reported to Obama’s National Security adviser that Snowden was in contact with Russian officials in Hong Kong, the State Department explicitly told Lavrov that allowing Snowden to defect
/australian-research-analyst-extradited- on-insider-trading-charges HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020378 Zand 6. “It’s very mysterious ...”—Author’s interviews, Michael Hayden 7. “My first surprise ...” -- I interviewed 6 members of the Mira staff, all of whom asked me not to identify them. Te-Ping Chen, a journalist for the
Exclusive Interview,” New Yorker, January 21, 2014. December 28, 2014. “State Department revoked...”- Author’s interview with a former member of the National Security staff who cited State Department records. Also, Jen Psaki, the State Department spokeswoman, told AP "As is routine and consistent with US regulation
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