New Documentary Film On Edward Snowden Set For Release Today (Oct. 17, 2014); Ends Film Noting That A 2nd, High-Level NSA Leaker Has Been Providing More, Highly Classified Material — More Leaks Soon

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William Stewart, writing on London’s Daily Mail Online, in their October 14, 2014 edition, displays a picture of Edward Snowden and his American girlfriend at a Moscow theater, — and, adds that the possibility of the pair marrying in Russia has been raised.” “Edward Snowden is happy that his girlfriend Lindsay Mills came to Russia; and, she is supporting him,” said lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. “It’s hard to predict if they are going to have a wedding in Russia. “As usual,” Mr. Stewart writes, “no details were given about the location for security reasons; and, Snowden had [one of his hand’s] his hand [partially] covering his face.” Kucherena said “he is ready to help U.S. citizen Mills get a Russian residency permit, or temporary asylum.” Snowden admitted in a webcam interview that “he misses America. The question is, what don’t I miss, whether it’s my family, whether it’s my home, whether it’s my friends, whether it’s my work at the agency, I was fulfilled and happy, Things as simple as having my old beat-up car, there’s a lot to miss. It’s a great country.”

Second, High-Level NSA Leaker Discussed In New Snowden Film – “Citizenfour”

Meanwhile, the October 16, 2014 online publication/website, “Prospero,” has an article, “Surveillance: Watching Edward Snowden,” in which the publication discusses the new documentary film — “Citizenfour,” on Snowden that is set for screening today – October 17, 2014 in British theaters nationwide; — and for general release nationwide in America on October 24, 2014, and in Britain on October 31, 2014 . According to the publication, the new film concludes “with a visit from Glenn Greenwald, one of Snowden’s principal enablers at the beginning of the leaks; and, Snowden’s eventual escape from Hong Kong to Russia. At the conclusion of the film, Prospero notes, :Greenwald and Snowden discuss “the existence of a second [high-level] leaker inside NSA — something that has been rumored for months in the press and on computer-security blogs. When Mr. Greenwald shows Mr. Snowden what his new source is offering, his eyebrows almost climb off the top of his head. Like an action film setting up a plot hook for a sequel, viewers are told in no uncertain terms to expect more leaks — and soon.”

For privacy and civil libertarians, I guess their view is that “we have to destroy this village [NSA] in order to save it. Perhaps NSA strayed too far into the personal privacy of Americans; but, I still contend that their motives and intent were not criminal. The feeling in America in the aftermath of 9/11 was one of palpable fear of another large-scale terrorist attack here on the homeland. There are other and better ways to address potential over-steps into civil liberties by NSA — than by recklessly disclosing yet more high-level, secrets that may well expose sensitive intelligence collection sources and methods.

There is an old adage, “You cannot vanquish your enemies by telegraphing your punches.” The same might be said in the Intelligence Community; and, the fact that we will be unable to conduct high-priority intelligence collection operations overseas — in the SIGINT domain — if the adversary knows where and how we’re looking. In their zeal to expose what they view as NSA’s egregious intrusion into our private lives….these same individuals ignore an inconvenient truth. That their wholesale hemorrhaging of highly-classified intelligence sources and methods, threatens to seriously undermine NSA’s ability to ferret out and discover terrorist plots against the United States and the West. V/R, RCP