“Whether or not whistleblower Edward Snowden’s decision to reveal details of the U.S. National Security Agency‘s (NSA) spying on everyday Americans’ digital lives was justifiable, it’s undeniable that the leak has been a colossal source of embarassment and controversy for the NSA, the U.S. intelligence community, and the U.S. federal government as a whole. In that regard many at the NSA are asking themselves — ‘Could we have done to stop the leak?’ Well the answer, according to a new report in The New York Times, is that they apparently could have — and likely quite easily.”
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