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FBI Raids Federal Contractor's Home – Has The Government Identified The "Second Leaker"?
Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,
Anyone who has been following Edward Snowden’s heroic whistleblowing, and the reporting of Glenn Greenwald on the classified documents that prove egregious violations of the United States Constitution by the NSA, will also be aware of speculation that a “second leaker” had emerged earlier this year. It appears this person may have been identified by the FBI.
Yahoo News’ Michael Isikoff reports that:
The FBI has identified an employee of a federal contracting firm suspected of being the so-called “second leaker” who turned over sensitive documents about the U.S. government’s terrorist watch list to a journalist closely associated with ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, according to law enforcement and intelligence sources who have been briefed on the case.
The FBI recently executed a search of the suspect’s home, and federal prosecutors in Northern Virginia have opened up a criminal investigation into the matter, the sources said.
Marc Raimondi, a spokesman for the Justice Department, declined to comment on the investigation into the watch-list leak, citing department rules involving pending cases.
The case in question involves an Aug. 5 story published by The Intercept, an investigative website co-founded by Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who first published sensitive NSA documents obtained from Snowden.
The story, co-authored by Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux, was accompanied by a document “obtained from a source in the intelligence community” providing details about the watch-listing system that were dated as late as August 2013, months after Snowden fled to Hong Kong and revealed himself as the leaker of thousands of top secret documents from the NSA.
This prompted immediate speculation that there was a “second leaker” inside the U.S. intelligence community providing material to Greenwald and his associates.
That point is highlighted in the last scene of the new documentary about Snowden released this weekend, called “Citizenfour,” directed by filmmaker Laura Poitras, a co-founder with Greenwald and Scahill of The Intercept.
Greenwald tells a visibly excited Snowden about a new source inside the U.S. intelligence community who is leaking documents. Greenwald then scribbles notes to Snowden about some of the details, including one briefly seen about the U.S. drone program and another containing a reference to the number of Americans on the watch list.
During Obama’s first five years as president, the Justice Department and the U.S. military brought seven criminal prosecutions for national security leaks — more than twice as many as all previous presidents put together.
May as well add another to the list, right Barry?
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The Most Transparent Administration in History.
The Most Transparently Corrupt Administration in History.
FIFY.
Shame if so.
I guess it wasn't Tyler.
When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
"Needy people cannot be free people." FDR
If the FBI had it then it was more than likely fed them by the NSA
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
When governments don't exist, there is liberty.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/liberty
lib·er·ty (lbr-t)
n. pl. lib·er·ties
1.
a. The condition of being free from restriction or control.
b. The right and power to act, believe, or express oneself in a manner of one's own choosing.
c. The condition of being physically and legally free from confinement, servitude, or forced labor. See Synonyms at freedom.
Shame on us.
did he use the pseudonym barry soetoro, because that would be awesome.
Your totally right.
Yes, the corruption and fraud IS pretty transparent...
I can see clearly now the rain is gone...
It's true. This is the most transparent admin in history.
Given the viscosity, you can see straight thru their bullshit.
my best friend's sister makes $80 /hour on the internet . She has been laid off for 7 months but last month her paycheck was $13987 just working on the internet for a few hours. visit site... www.Yelptrade.com
His name is Jason Bourne
Get ready for the lies.
If you see something... Pour bleach in your eyes or you'll get jackbooted
Worst case, you'll be blind but guaranteed not to have EYE-bola.
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is hunted down to cure his blindness deficiency.
Maybe ZH could start a legal defense fund. I have the first $100 right here.
I have the cash equivalent in toilet paper
Must be getting close to the hive now, they seem pretty ornery.
pods
At least they are unleashing the lawyers and not the drones.
Marc Raimondi, a "salesman" for the Justice Department,
fixed for ya
Doesn't matter what is leaked. I do not see a population with rope and pitchforks in DC. Nobody really gives a shit as long as the matrix is running at full capacity.
So true. As long as the Kardashian girl's asses, lips, and tits keep getting bigger the sleepers will just continue in their slumber.
Yep and they will all wake up one morning unplugged and broke. And all walk around crying and bitching saying the same thing"Why ME". Then opt out.
Hope he had a back up plan. If you suicide me, the docs will be released.
<flapping jowls>
He's a terururururist!!"
</flapping jowls>
Snowden- classic limited hangout as documented by Webster Tarpley. He has revealed nothing of importance and was a MSM darling.
What if Webster Tarpley is a limited hangout?
pods
Fuckit. What if we run them THREE deep?
To all the downvoterrs
What has Snowden revealed about
-the JFK assassination
-9/11
-Benghazi?
So, if someone doesn't answer your favorite questions, they're automatically bullshit?
I down voted because that was insinuated shit talking about down voters.
You don't need Snowden to reveal anything when there is nothing to reveal about your nut job conspiracy theories.. Let me help you out, here is how your three situationswent went down..
JFK: Oswald shot his ass
9/11: Rag heads flew planes into buildings
Benbhazi: Rag heads attack embassy / ambassador dies in attack
I understand the whole trust nothing and no one mentality many have, all of us on here are like that to an extent. And I'm not saying I'm 100% confident snowmen is legit either, but come on, EVERYTHING can't be a conspiracy. This is the govt we are talking about here. They aren't omnipotent or even all that clever.
They bailed out GM.
Certainly the $6 Billion helped them move a bunch of their factories offshore to Brazil and China, and they <still> make a crappy automobile.
At least they got a warrant. I'm sure a warrant is not a foregone conclusion when they ask for one or anything so the case must be pretty clear. Hope that dude can afford a good lawyer. Someone start a moneybomb for him, I'll contribute. Anyone trying to shine some sunlight on this administration is a hero.
"You need a good lawyer."
"No, I need a good judge."
-from True Grit
At least they got a warrant.
Ummm... does anyone here still think that warrants matter?
Hey, the motto was "if you got nuttin to hid" when it was found the Bush regime was found to be tapping phones, so what's the gubberment so ascared of?
FBI: By hook or by crook....
"FBI pretended to be Seattle newspaper in order to hack suspect’s computer"
http://rt.com/usa/200131-seattle-times-hacked-bomb/
US law enforcement is not required to tell the truth about anything to anyone so long as it gets results.
US law enforcement is not required to tell the truth about anything to anyone
In Christian speech, that translates to They are all immoral liars.
this must be why we have - drum roll please...
DOW 17,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
let the waterboarding begin!
We are witnessing the early stages of the counter-insurgency, the Empire Striking Back. The old rules no longer apply, and the Happy Face masks are coming off.
So the insurgency is made up of:
A combo of:
- OWS Protesters
- Alternative Internet Media
- Watchdog Groups
- Fixed Income Citizens
- Returning Veterans
- Tea Party Groups
- Bloggers
- Government Whistleblowers/Authors
- Preppers & Survivalist
- People named "Tyler"
- Alex Jones
- People that no longer vote for Republicans or Democrats
- Those that gave up on Mr. Obama
- Those that swore vengeance on the Neocons
Wha?
Every lawyer, yoga instructor, waiter, truck driver and business owner in DC proper is either directly attached to the gubmint tit or really close to the suckling. They will turn in their mothers to keep the milk flowing.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014 : James Risen on NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden: He...
James Risen Prepared to "Pay Any Price" to Report on War on Terror Amid Crackdown on Whistleblowers
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/14/james_risen_prepared_to_pay_any
"This prompted immediate speculation that there was a “second leaker” inside the U.S. intelligence community providing material to Greenwald and his associates."
When the government has something to fear and something to hide even the slightest hint of disclosure produces a level of delusional paranoia that knows no bounds
O/T but the FEDS are going after Bundy again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2se3fzbK0Y
Who'd have thunk?
The women doesn't look American. Just say'in.
she looks totally american.
Edward Snowdens HEROIC whistleblowing. Where by we learned that a Spy Agency was Spying.
What exactly did Snowden reveal that's been of relevance? That 3 mile Island was an alien attack? That Elvis shot Kennedy?
Nothing. Zip. Nada. Shit that we already assumed or should have suspected. I mean come the fuck on people, ever read about the shit that meat huffer J Edgar Hoover pulled?
This guy... this new one. He's the little bee that the Snowden honey trap intended to catch. And maybe other like him.
If Snowden did nothing, zip, nada, then how come all you assholes are so upset about him.
We learned in a very public forum that pukes like you not only profit from DoD contracts, but that we have Systemic Fascism that pervades:
- Voting
- Politics
- Campaign contributions
- Lobbying, yes even foreign lobbyist are allowed
- US-UK Global Soy Network including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and virtual cable, satellite, telephone and internet monopoly
- US-UK-EU Banking
- US-EU Economics
- US-EU Fraud
- US-NATO Military
- US-IMF-WB Dominance
- US-NATO Global War on Terror
- US-EU Dominance of Africa & South America
- Corporate Dominance over the world
Bah... oh sorry...I just made it all up
Whereby we learned that TREASON is their mode of operations.
The use & existence of the tools they had & who is targeted is 100% illegal and each & every NSA employee involved can be imprisoned for it. Right up to the top.
drip,drip,drip,
Is it TragicComedy or ComicTragedy ONE would use to describe Barry's Transparent MIC ( Fed & 2 Houses included )?
The BARD would've had a field day on this current SHITSHOW.
If you have nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear, Washington.
barry's left hand ass wipe - that'd be eric holder
but in behind holder is thomas perez - a further left ass wipe - likely to be the next AG
get ready for a gong show like no other
Someone just lost their rum and chocolate rations.
This is obviously an FBI fishing expedition. They don't have anything on this guy. The FBI thugs will do what they always do. They will pick out some guy and hound him until he commits suicide. The did it with the case of anthrax sent to the Congress among other cases.
What do they call the SWAT team that breaks down your door to serve a search and arrest warrent?
The Free Speech Enforcement Unit.
"Water-boarding? Gee, that sounds like fun...is that like surfing?"
"What do they call the SWAT team that breaks down your door to serve a search and arrest warrant?"
Tyranny done quietly is not as much fun or noticeable at budget time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmYe_lW7kRA
An American, not US subject.
"The Davidians, while I do not agree with their beliefs, died freer than the rest of us."
Having bullets whizzing by your head and flash-bangs going off in your lap while holed up in a compound defies any definition of freedom that I ever heard of.
And yet still more free than Americans are today.
Do not fear. Demand that they follow the "law of the land."
This guy does just that while he has a gun and badge thug's gun pointed at him. Big balls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiJbHiQTe2c
An American, not US subject.
Ooh no! I took a leak too.
An American, not US subject.
"It's a crime to tell anyone about their crimes."
It might be interesting to see how many reporters and bloggers names who have died under mysterious circumstances show up on that watch list.
Like Breibart.
I know that Obama is a leaker because whenever I look at him I see distain.
I'm a little slow so it took a second.+
Isn't that what Flomax is for?
Whistle-blowers have legal protections in the US, EXCEPT when they're employed in a "national security" role. Even front-line TSA agents are NOT protected by whistle-blower laws; even if they report billing fraud committed by a contractor, they can be fired, arrested, and prosecuted.
The explicit exclusion of whistle-blower protection for the people who are supposed to be protecting "national security" says volumes about the real motives of this government, and the men behind the curtain.
If they were concerned with the security of the nation, these people would have the highest protections under whistle-blower laws... Instead, what's being protected is the security of the government, at the expense of the security of the nation.
The U.S. Fascist Government that was entertaining and used WW2 Nazis in its' Intelligence Communities for decades just sent their neocon Kerry to Ottawa,Canada to lay a wreath as at the war memorial.The hyprocracy of the American Government funding,supplying and training ISIS then conning NATO allies into bombing them is incredible.Old Obama must be getting blow jobs from fat drunken,pot bellied Harper.Harper who visited the nazi supported leader of Ukraine who is the new CIA puppet will do anything for Obama in order to get the Keystone Pipeline through.Everyone who is Jewish that is reading this should be aware of how these bastards will double cross you.
His name is Scott Bennett.
Look him up on YouTube.
He did an interview on Project Camelot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo8Xm46s62I
Interesting exchange at 2:49:15 forward.
Happy trails.
Couldn't up-vote you. Once again it is substantiated that the spooks recruit primarily based on psychological characteristics.
Why were there no homes raided after journalist Sheryl Atkisson's computer was hacked by the NSA and they secreted classified information onto her hard drive to frame her whilst also monitoring her every key stroke? Waiting...
"Whyyyyyy??! ....whyyyyy?? ....whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?" -- Nancy Kerrigan, Olympic Skater.
Looks like somebody finally decided a "leaker" was a better problem to have than a "hacker"
Its certainly easier to put out a name on CNBC, along with a face, other than "Anonymous"
Mere theater. Nothing more.
I'm sure he's being treated very nicely right about now. When the FBI kicks your door down and you say " I'm not talking ", they have ways of making you sing like a canary.
America is so naive, it's good that we have a ramped up intelligence community. The worse off the economy gets, the closer we are to reality and the more spying is required. I watch porn, and I can honestly say I am 100% glad that I am being watched. No one is going to care if you read conservative news and yuck off. Real conservative sentiment is that it's all new, and the government is still here to serve if not protect. You may laugh at my comment, but imagine how many views it's getting. Regulate the internet (watch the great cyclops), and don't twist justice in any way. I'm sure our intelligence community feels this a lot more than we do.
Yes and honestly I'm such a simpleton the basis of my comment may be antiquated.
Consider Snowden leaked to the New York Times of all the places he could have leaked to. The adds credence to the limited hangout possibility. They are unmasking as somebody mentioned. They want us to know that we are all being monitored so we will self censor. Think about it. Plus they get to normalize their unconstitutional acts. Now we see talking heads on television proclaiming it is necessary for our safety of course. RIP Bill of Rights.
FUCKING NSA SPOOKS AND LIARS!! They're probably fucking watching kiddie porn, too. There's no such thing as "too low" for these mo'fo's. We need whistleblowers, since we don't have a free press!
FUCKING NSA SPOOKS AND LIARS!! They're probably fucking watching kiddie porn, too. There's no such thing as "too low" for these mo'fo's. We need whistleblowers, since we don't have a free press!
I will repeat this post because in my opinion it’s important to open eyes those who have good intention in their heart but have been misled by elite / regimes of different sides. How I see things is I look at what government is doing – looking at its work, methods and results. And from there it’s basically two sides: those who work in good of common people and protect their individual rights & freedoms, and those who manipulate their people take their rights away and work for elite benefits. Now you look from that perspective and you are going around in so called “alternative media” as this (which actually is not alternative at all – but about that little later) than I’m sure you are aware about US oligarch regime crimes and that they are not working for the people. What you are lacking in information at some sites is about other elites / regimes / oligarchs and how they treat their people. So because of this lack of information you can be easily manipulated to think that there is only one evil elite that rules west and others can be looked at as opposition to this evil – so automatically they are the good guys VS evil west. Well it’s not so at all. If you go back to what I started and those criteria how I divide governments – than you will realize that for example Putin oligarch regime, China elite regime – is not working for their people and is not protecting their individual rights and freedoms. They use the same tactics, the same crimes, the same manipulation in order to gain their elite more power more wealth and hides it under different banners. I’ post links about Putin regime in the end – check them out.
This manipulation with your mind is possible using different kind of channels that you think is alternative media – when actually it’s Putin regime asset for brainwashing you. Also US oligarch regime has their alternative media to brainwash you. So it’s really hard to stay focus and not to get lost in this war over your mind. But those criteria I posted can help you.
What Putin regime assets as RT, Zerohedge (because obviously it is Putin regime asset as you will not be able to find any criticism towards from this site towards actions Putin regime do to their people by limiting their freedoms, by internet censorship and of course will stay in line with Putin regime lies that they are not invading Ukraine - when there is evidence about Putin regime tanks in Ukraine that are not in any country army but only in Russian) does is they are mixing truth with lies. You know – you have to add some sugar for bitter poison. They are well aware about US oligarch crimes and they are well aware that MSM is hiding them from people in west and they are well aware that people in west is seeking the truth that exposes these crimes – so what they do is this – they expose US oligarch regime crimes for what you are so interested in and in this way they are taking your attention and confidence to this source so that you trust them and thank them for bringing truth. And what they do then is they add their Putin regime lies that you automatically accept as truth because they were saying truth about US oligarch regime crimes (not always though). So this is the way they mix truth with lies in order to make you think from their perspective. If they add more paid trolls than mostly this scheme will work and people will live under Putin regime brainwashing machine. So now you know. Now it’s a choice for you to think this trough and start looking at information more with critical thinking. Yes, world is not so simple as we think.
Here are some links to look at and think of if you are cheering for Putin regime:
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/05/russia-internet-censorship-laws-crackdown/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russias-putin-signs-law-extending-kremlins-grip-over-media/2014/10/15/6d9e8b2c-546b-11e4-809b-8cc0a295c773_story.html
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-ad-ban-hurts-television/25449900.html
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/24/russia-worst-human-rights-climate-post-soviet-era
http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/04/12/russian-tv-caught-red-handed-same-guy-same-demonstration-but-three-different-people-spy-bystander-heroic-surgeon/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkaVIIOE9ys
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6a2b93aac55c40c9a1b0b0bcc11a07d9/russia-gives-approval-sanctions-compensation
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russias-rosneft-asks-48-billion-state-wealth-fund-sanctions-bite-1471332
Not for one minute have I forgotten the totalitarian past of those "Marxist empires", if you will permit. I preferred to celebrate the "glass half full" of the liberalization of those power centers with a few sparse rays of the light of freedom to illuminate and warm the cold lives of the oppressed people effected by the collapse of the Iron Curtain. Their very imperfect remnant governments were forced to permit a sharing of knowledge, property and wealth with more of their people, the beginnings of a natant, but vulnerable, middle class. I am saddened that our western governments´ fascists have seen fit to 're-ignite the cold war by impinging on those areas national security sensitivities. It is only paranoia if it isn't true.