Edward Snowden: National Security Agency

National Security Agency: 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 into the leaks, according to 660 News. My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them, Snowden told the newspaper and WASHINGTON A 29-year-old intelligence contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed Sunday as the source of disclosures about the U.S. governments secret surveillance programs, risking prosecution by the U.S. government. The Guardian, the first newspaper to disclose the documents, said it was publishing the identity of Edward Snowden, a former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, at his own request. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.