Guardian: We have published 1 pct of Snowden leak

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LONDON — The editor of the Guardian said Tuesday his newspaper has published just 1 percent of the material it received from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, and denied the paper had placed lives or national security at risk.

Under questioning by lawmakers on Parliament’s home affairs committee, Alan Rusbridger accused British authorities of trying to intimidate the newspaper, and warned of “national security being used as a trump card” to stifle debate.

The Guardian helped spark a global debate on privacy and security by publishing a series of stories based on leaks from Snowden disclosing the scale of telephone and Internet surveillance by spy agencies in the U.S. and Britain.

Rusbridger said the leak amounted to about 58,000 files, and the newspaper had published “about 1 percent” of the total.

“I would not expect us to be publishing a huge amount more,” he said.


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/guardian-we-have-published-1-pct-of-snowden-leak/2013/12/03/55d5a4f4-5c31-11e3-8d24-31c016b976b2_story.html

[Blue_Tires]

1. It's disheartening to see that last line from an editor

but not unexpected...

[Oscarmonster13]

2. well now that the UN Counterterrorism unit is investigating

will there be more released? will the UK be forced to lay off the news organizations and reporters involved?

this will be an important one to watch unfold

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising. Lord Northcliffe

Governments always try to suppress the news..unless it's favorable.

But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. Thomas Paine