'Concerned' Asio running checks on material Edward Snowden may possess
Australian Associated Press
theguardian.com
Monday 18 November 2013 17.59 EST
... Certain material that has been released by Snowden that is now in the public realm is of very great concern," the director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio), David Irvine, told a Senate estimates hearing on Monday.
"That material is Australian material. It is obviously of very great concern to the Australian government."
Irvine said there was "good collaboration and productive collaboration" between Australian intelligence agencies and agencies from friends and allies around the world.
But he said Asio had conducted an audit of intelligence it has shared with foreign agencies, to assess what sort of Australian material Snowden might have ...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/19/concerned-asio-checks-australian-material-edward-snowden