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RT 2013-08-23. BLUFF. Engelska "The Independent" släppte falskt material i Edward Snowdens namn angående en hemlig engelsk spionbas i Mellanöstern. Både Edward Snowden, The Guardian och Glenn Greenwald, som publicerat Snowdens tidigare material, garanterar att materialet om spionbasen inte kommer från Snowden...  
"The Independent = inte så "Independent?" - Så där skulle väl aldrig svensk media göra..? :) :) :)
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Scam Scan Spreads: UK operates secret Mideast digi-spy base

Publicerad den 23 aug 2013

The UK's reportedly been operating a secret data gathering base in the Middle East - part of a one and a half billion dollar investment in global surveillance. Britain's Independent newspaper claims it obtained this information from Edward Snowden's leaks. But the NSA whistleblower himself says he has not released any information linked to these allegations.

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The Guardian insists that the latest leaks published by the Independent revealing a UK-backed internet-monitoring station in the Middle East were not from Snowden. 

“I have never provided any journalistic materials to the Independent,” the paper cites him.

The newspaper claimed that the former NSA contractor told them on Friday that he had neither “spoken with nor worked with” the Independent, or distributed documents pertaining to security information among their journalists.

 “The journalists I have worked with have, at my request, been judicious and careful in ensuring that the only things disclosed are what the public should know but that does not place any person in danger,” the paper cites Snowden as saying .

The author of the Guardian article, Glenn Greenwald, added that the disclosure was of the “type” that journalists have thus far avoided publishing on account of its sensitivity.

Greenwald pointed out that it was the first time the newspaper had published any purported NSA leaks, so it begged the question where they got the information from.

- He speculated that the UK government intentionally leaked the materials to create the impression that the release of information could potentially be dangerous.

“It appears that the UK government is now seeking to create an appearance that the Guardian and Washington Post's disclosures are harmful, and they are doing so by intentionally leaking harmful information to The Independent and attributing it to others,” the Guardian cites Snowden’s response.   

“The UK government should explain the reasoning behind this decision to disclose information that, were it released by a private citizen, they would argue is a criminal act.”

The Independent’s Oliver Wright tweeted later in the day that “For the record: The Independent was not leaked or ‘duped’ into publishing today’s front page story by the Government.”

- However, the source of the information was not clarified. 

"Nobody said they were 'duped' into publishing anything. The question is: who provided them this document or the information in it?" Greenwald riposted. "It clearly did not come from Snowden or any of the journalists with whom he has directly worked. The Independent provided no source information whatsoever for their rather significant disclosure of top secret information."

The Independent’s documents revealed that the UK has been working on a secret Middle East web surveillance base, as part of a $1.5 billion project, intercepting and gathering emails, telephone calls, and web traffic for Western intelligence. [...]

http://rt.com/news/middle-east-snowden-greenwald-903/
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