National Security: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: Mueller said at a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing that Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, harmed national security when he divulged the secrets, according to Reuters. Mueller added: "We are taking all necessary steps to hold the person responsible for these disclosures." WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday that the U.S. government is doing everything it can to hold confessed leaker Edward Snowden accountable for splashing surveillance secrets across the pages of newspapers worldwide. "As to the individual who has admitted making these disclosures, he is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation," Mueller said without naming Snowden. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.