Greenwald: Does Obama Administration View Journalists as Snowden's "Accomplices"? It Seems So.

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Does Obama Administration View Journalists as Snowden's "Accomplices"? It Seems So.
by Glenn Greenwald

James Clapper testifies before the Senate intelligence committee hearing on current and projected national security threats. (Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, appeared today before the Senate Intelligence Committee, his first appearance since outright lying to that Committee last March about NSA bulk collection. In his prepared opening remarks, Clapper said this:



Who, in the view of the Obama administration, are Snowden's "accomplices" The FBI and other official investigators have been very clear with the media that there is no evidence whatsoever that Snowden had any help in copying and removing documents from the NSA.


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