Criminal Investigation: NSA

NSA: The leaks have reopened the post-Sept. 11 debate about privacy concerns versus heightened measure to protect against terrorist attacks, and led the NSA to ask the Justice Department to conduct a criminal investigation, according to CBC. "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong," he was quoted as saying and A 29-year-old American who works as contract employee at the National Security Agency is the source of The Guardian's disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, the London newspaper reported Sunday. The Guardian said it was publishing the identity of Edward Snowden, a former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, at his own request. Edward Snowden, who worked at the NSA's office in Hawaii, says he has 'no regrets.' Ewen MacAskill/Associated Press (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.