David J.R. Frakt: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: Like Manning, Edward Snowden could find himself taken to court by the U.S. government after he unmasked himself Sunday as the person who exposed the nations secret phone and Internet surveillance programs to reporters, according to 660 News. In that respect, these cases suggest we should be much more careful about who is given security clearances, said David J.R. Frakt, a former military prosecutor and defence lawyer and FORT MEADE, Md. U.S. Army soldier Bradley Mannings court-martial for giving hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to the WikiLeaks website entered its second week Monday in a fresh spotlight cast by the case of another low-level intelligence employee who claims to be exposing wrongdoing. Legal experts closely following both cases said they were shocked to find out young, low-ranking people had such access to powerful government secrets. Manning was 22 when he turned over the military and diplomatic cables about three years ago. Snowden is 29. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.