WASHINGTON — As DC offices shut down for the weekend, The Washington Post and then NBC News reported — with vague sourcing — that leaker Edward Snowden has been charged in a sealed complaint with espionage and other crimes in connection with the documents he provided to the Post and The Guardian.

The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, who has been leading the paper's coverage of the story, wrote Friday evening of the reports, "[L]eaking information about sealed indictments is illegal. Will these same people cheering Snowden's prosecution demand an criminal investigation into that?"

The Post noted only that "U.S. officials" had provided the information for their story, while NBC News noted the information came from "officials familiar with the process."

According to the Post, the "officials" said Snowden was charged in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia with espionage, theft and conversion of government property. The complaint, both the Post and NBC reported, was filed under seal, meaning it is not publicly available.

Neither report specifies whether the officials who provided the information work for the executive branch, which would be bringing the charges, or the judicial branch, which would have received the complaint.

Greenwald told BuzzFeed Friday evening that he has not yet been subpoenaed or otherwise become aware that he is a part of the criminal investigation into Snowden, although he added that "it's still early."

As to the reported charges and the process by which the information of the charges being filed was released, Greenwald wrote, "[P]eople cheering his prosecution don't seem to mind when Obama officials leak classified information to glorify the president politically or help make a pre-election propaganda film."

Greenwald also tweeted, as to the reported charges themselves: