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DURHAM D

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4. Will Booz Allen be required to pay damages to the government

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 10:25 PM

Jun 2013

and by extension to us taxpayers for the actions of their employee?

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The NSA Has No Idea How Much Secret Data Edward Snowden Took, And That Has Them Very Worried [View all] applegrove Jun 2013 OP

So an American spy gave a foreign journalist thousands of classified documents, JaneyVee Jun 2013 #1

An american spy? Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #9

Wasn't that his job at the NSA? I thought everyone agreed the NSA spies on people. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #13

Apparently not Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #21

Huh? He's being charged under the Espionage Act, not with Espionage, which has its own specific JaneyVee Jun 2013 #26

AMURIKA bobduca Jun 2013 #10

so an american "spy" disclosed a bunch of information that was "old news.." frylock Jun 2013 #15

The most surprising part is that some people were surprised. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #17

i don't think many were surprised at all.. frylock Jun 2013 #18

People are strange. Metadata collection has been going on for quite some time now. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #19

But everything they're doing is legit right? Union Scribe Jun 2013 #2

That ain't what I'd be worried about. sofa king Jun 2013 #3

It could mean that there's a lot of "classified" stuff that's not worthy of that designation. winter is coming Jun 2013 #14

You make good points, sofa king.. Cha Jun 2013 #25

Will Booz Allen be required to pay damages to the government DURHAM D Jun 2013 #4

Why? The CIA cleared him.. HipChick Jun 2013 #22

Good! MNBrewer Jun 2013 #5

I don't blame them treestar Jun 2013 #6

Many are foreign born HipChick Jun 2013 #23

Let me get this straight nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #7

For a moment let's forget whatever else has gone on and just look at this headline........ wandy Jun 2013 #8

This info was being controlled by Booze Allen, not NSA. You know, those good ole corporate kelliekat44 Jun 2013 #20

The NSA contracted out the function to Booz Allen........... wandy Jun 2013 #27

who is responsible for the NSA bobduca Jun 2013 #34

I'm sorry, I can't help myself Th1onein Jun 2013 #33

This is pure comedy gold Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #11

They should be worried magellan Jun 2013 #12

That I do believe (nt) Recursion Jun 2013 #16

So apparently they weren't keeping an eye on at least one person. n/t hughee99 Jun 2013 #24

If they haven't done anything wrong, they have nothing to worry about..... right? Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #28

If true, this shows how little control our government has Vinnie From Indy Jun 2013 #29

The bad news is they're spying on all of us tularetom Jun 2013 #30

Snowden disclosed government secrets to an enemy of the state... backscatter712 Jun 2013 #31

He stole from CIA, too. Greenwald mentioned it on All In w/Chris Hayes. That he only DevonRex Jun 2013 #32