"Is it any wonder that people think the Sunday Times story is a load of bunk?"

[marmar]

Sunday Times reporter tells CNN everything you need to know about Snowden story
Graham Cluley | June 16, 2015


There has been a fair amount of criticism of last weekend's Sunday Times story claiming that sensitive NSA files taken by Edward Snowden have ended up in the hands of the Russian and Chinese governments - and that British intelligence staff have been put at risk as a result.

The following CNN interview with Sunday Times journalist Tom Harper probably does the best job yet at helping us realise the truth:

.....(snip).....

Maybe the Sunday Times would have been more sensible to turn down an opportunity to defend its report on CNN. But then, I guess, the truth would have been less obvious. So they've done us a favour.

I actually feel sorry for Tom Harper. He seems like a nice chap, but you can tell by his discomfort that he has been set up to defend something that he realises has shaky foundations, and is indefensible in its current form. It's just a shame he and his colleagues weren't able to prevent the story from appearing in the newspaper.

Watching the interview it's clear that the Sunday Times is parroting a story that the UK government wants reported, without any skepticism, and without reporters demanding any kind of evidence to back it up. .................(more)

https://grahamcluley.com/2015/06/sunday-times-snowden/

[Wilms]

1. Awesome video.

He may well be a nice guy. He spoke at a conference arguing against the curtailment of press freedom. Hard to understand how he hooked up with this.