and on the point of the damage assessment, should not be forgotten that trump taking these documents is a massive breach of federal secrets. it has to be, at least as far as we know, probably the biggest since the edward snowden case, the former nsa contractor leaked tens of thousands of documents. and he did it to blow the whistle on what he viewed as a moral, illegal surveillance cam pained by the federal government. now snowden was ideologically motivated. whatever you think of him, his motive was pretty clear. he also did it kind of out in the open. we knew he was doing it. we have no idea why donald trump took these documents or why he apparently refused to give them back owyhee apparently lied to investigators about giving the back, or why he had his lawyer sign a document saying you have all of them, but didn t actually give them all. we don t even know what these documents are. just that they are reportedly among some of the most closely held secrets our country has. we also do
now, she even went further. she did something that almost no one had ever heard of, which is she and joined the fbi from investigating. she ordered them, you have to stop investigating. and legal observers point out that decision, which seems detached from the reality of the law, could also investigators attempt to do a damage assessment even though she said, yeah, okay, you can do that part. and on the point of the damage assessment, should not be forgotten that trump taking these documents is a massive breach of federal secrets. it has to be, at least as far as we know, probably the biggest since the edward snowden case, the former nsa contractor leaked tens of thousands of documents. and he did it to blow the whistle on what he viewed as a moral, illegal surveillance cam pained by the federal government. now snowden was ideologically motivated. whatever you think of him, his motive was pretty clear. he also did it kind of out in the open. we knew he was doing it. we have no idea w
of state kerry saw it quite differently. we have evidence that people are in additional danger because operational security has been breached, because terrorists have learned firsthand about methods and mechanisms by which the united states collects intelligence. so our operations have been compromised. it s plain and simple. reporter: snowden claims no lives were put at risk and no harm came to anyone due to his leaks. he said he was and still is serving his government. but many call him a traitor and massive espionage charges were filed against snowden, including theft of government property. where what is right is the not the same as what is legal. sometimes to do the right thing you have to break a law. reporter: secretary kerry said also snowden should man up and come back to the united states. he said that a patriot would not run away. now snowden did concede the nsa has been unfairly demonized but
christians, killing 11 people. the u.s. embassy in baghdad said the bombings are the latest in a series of deliberate attacks on iraq s christian community. nsa leaker edward snowden took to the british airwaves today for a rare televised statement. he spoke out against government surveillance advocating for more privacy. together, we can find a better balance, end mass surveillance, and remind the government that if it really wants to know how we feel, asking is always cheaper than spying. joining me now is glen greenwald, the investigative journalist who broke the story. glen, you re one of the few people who know snowden, got to know him very well before all this came out on your website. you ve had contact with him. what do you think is the message that he was trying to get
authority thousands of times since 2008 when congress gave it widespread power to keep tabs on overseas phone calls and e-mails. among the reported missteps, intercepting a number of calls in washington, d.c., when a computer system overtook 202 area code for egypt s dialling code 20. they collected data without getting the okay of a spy court. they responded saying they encourage their staff to come forward when the mistakes happened. as for the man who gave the documents to the washington post, edward snowden is in russia amid a fight between his family and advisers. snowden s father is critical of the people helping his son. now snowden, himself, has put out a statement saying his father doesn t speak for him. crazy. let s go to moscow and cnn s