Russian Intel And NSA Leaker Edward Snowden

 

Bill Gertz, the veteran national security corrspondant, offers a piece in the Washington Times on the Russian intelligence service and NSA Leaker Edward Snowden (seen in the above photo).

Russia's SVR intelligence service, successor to the KGB, is behind a coordinated Moscow campaign to exploit the case of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden  by fueling anti-U.S. sentiment in Russia, according to U.S. officials.

 

State-controlled Russian media in recent days actively promoted an online White House petition urging a presidential pardon for Mr. Snowden. Several news websites posted links to the petition.

The media’s reporting and promoting of the petition were assessed by U.S. officials to be part of a Russian government effort against the United States, said officials familiar with intelligence reports.

The covert campaign is part of a major anti-U.S. propaganda and influence program that has been largely ignored by the Obama administration. Instead, the administration has sought to pretend that Russia and the United States are on a path of greater cooperation and harmony under the administration's so-called reset policy.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/3/inside-the-ring-russian-intel-and-edward-snowden/?page=all#pagebreak