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FBI Raids Home of 'Second Snowden': Feds 'Storm Virginia Property of Government Contractor who Leaked Details of US Terror Watchlist'

  • FBI is convinced a new leaker is supplying secrets to journalists
  • It follows the release of over a million names on the TIDE watchlist
  • Journalist at heart of Snowden affair claims FBI raided a property in Northern Virginia
  • He says that a criminal investigation has also been launched
  • But there is a feeling Justice Department may not prosecute following criticism they have been over zealous in the past
AP, 5 November 2014


FBI agents have reportedly raided the home of the 'second leaker' the individual thought to be a government contractor continuing the work of Edward Snowden by leaking classified documents to the press.

Investigators executed a search warrant at a property in Northern Virginia with federal prosecutors opening a criminal investigation, according to journalists at the heart of the Snowden affair who cite law enforcement and intelligence sources.

It follows the leaking of NSA documents listing over one million names collected on the government's secret terrorist watchlist called the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE).

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Second leaker? According to journalists working for the website set up by Glenn Greenwald, top, FBI agents have raided the home of a individual thought to be continuing the work of Edward Snowden, right


The FBI obtained a federal warrant to identify the source of the TIDE documents which were published by The Intercept — an online publication set up by Glenn Greenwald.

Mr Greenwald is the journalist who Snowden originally contacted and confided in before going on to provide with hundreds of classified documents stolen from the NSA.





In the recent documentary 'Citizen Four' about the affair, Snowden acknowledges the existence of the second leaker and praises their courage



The TIDE documents were dated August 2013 - months after Snowden fled the United States, revealing the existence of the second leaker.
In addition two articles in the German press had reported on US national security and spying issues without citing Snowden - adding to the theory that the notorious whistleblower is not the only leak.

'That's particularly notable given that virtually every other article using Snowden documents - including der Spiegel - specifically identified him as the source,' Greenwald said in an email to The Hill in July.

In the recent documentary 'Citizen Four' about the affair, Snowden acknowledges the existence of the second leaker and praises their courage.


Greenwald says in Citizenfour that the person is higher in rank than Snowden.

Despite the concern surrounding the leak of the TIDE documents, Intercept journalist Michael Isikoff has suggested that the Justice Department may be reluctant to prosecute the second leaker.

In an article Mr Isikoff wrote:

'The case has also generated concerns among some within the US intelligence community that top Justice Department officials — stung by criticism that they have been overzealous in pursuing leak cases — may now be more reluctant to bring criminal charges involving unauthorized disclosures to the news media, the sources said.

'One source, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, said there was concern "there is no longer an appetite at Justice for these cases".
'"Investigators are continuing to pursue it, but are not ready to charge yet," another anonymous source is quoted as saying.





Concern: President Barack Obama and his administration become aware of the second leaker after the release of names on a classified terrorist watchlist



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TIDE: The documents printed in The Intercept date from August 2013 - months after Snowden fled the United States
Rio-based Greenwald, left the Guardian last year to launch The Intercept with the backing of eBay founder, billionaire, Pierre Omidyar.

The TIDE documents relate data, there is one watchlist which contains 680,000 names, of which only a fraction are Americans.

However, it also claims that 40 percent of those on the list have no affiliation at all to terrorist groups.
In addition, the list has basically doubled since the underwear bomber plot to destroy a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day in 2009.
The justification for this is that the would-be bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab was not on any watchlists at the time that could have had a chance of preventing the attack.








Edward Snowden is wanted in the United States under the Espionage Act. He now lives in Russia, where he was granted a three-year residency. His dance girlfriend Lindsay Mills has moved there to be with him



Snowden is wanted in the United States under the Espionage Act. He now lives in Russia, where he was granted a three-year residency.
Snowden did not tell anyone what he was doing when he abruptly left the US.
He told his girlfriend, dancer Linsday Mills, with whom he lived with in Hawaii, that he was going on a work trip.

Snowden's revelations sparked a global debate on the limits of privacy versus the needs of national security.
His critics view him as a traitor who refuses to face trial in the U.S. for his actions, while supports see him as a hero who spoke up for civil liberties.

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