Today marks the premiere of Oliver Stone's new film "Snowden." The US House Intelligence Committee released a report today following a two-year investigation into the leaks of classified US documents by Edward Snowden.
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Officials released the report just one day before the premiere of Oliver Stone's new film Snowden, a biopic of Edward's life, the events leading up to his revelations and the immediate aftermath.
The House Intelligence Committee report was ordered in August 2014 by senior US officials, a year after the first documents were leaked (via selected journalists) in June 2013.
The entire report runs 36 pages, while a four-page summary is at the bottom of this article and focuses on certain points that paint Edward Snowden as a traitor.
Officials say the documents stolen by Edward Snowden were not about individual privacy interests, but were of great value to the Department of Defense's military, defense, and intelligence programs. Officials say the documents contained information that protected U.S. troops abroad and revealed U.S. cyber capabilities.
They also report that Snowden was a disgruntled employee, because two weeks before the theft of the NSA documents, he had been reprimanded for bad behavior in the workplace in front of several NSA executives.
According to officials, Edward Snowden was exaggerated and sometimes fabricated facts.
Finally, the report also accuses the NSA of not having done anything, three years after the fact, to better protect its systems.
Overall, the report paints Edward Snowden in a negative light, to counteract the boost to his public image that will be boosted by Oliver Stone's new film.
It should be noted that three days ago, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch launched a second campaign to collect signatures from US citizens asking the White House to pardon Edward Snowden.
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