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Posted: 13 Jun 2015 05:25 PM PDT
 UK intelligence agents have been moved because Russia and China have access to classified information which reveals how they operate, a senior government source has told the BBC.According to the Sunday Times, Moscow and Beijing have deciphered documents stolen by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The government source told the BBC the countries “have information” that led to agents being moved but added there was “no evidence” any had been harmed. Mr Snowden leaked data two years ago. The former CIA contractor, now living in Russia, left the US in 2013 after leaking details of extensive internet and phone surveillance by American intelligence to the media. His information made international headlines in June 2013 when the Guardian newspaper reported that the US National Security Agency was collecting the telephone records of tens of millions of Americans. Mr Snowden is believed to have downloaded 1.7 million secret documents before he left the US. BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said the problem for UK authorities was not only the direct consequence that agents had been moved, but also the opportunity cost of those agents no longer being in locations where they were doing useful work. Intelligence officials have long warned of what they see as the dangers of the information leaked by Mr Snowden and its potential impact on keeping people in the UK safe – a concern Prime Minister David Cameron has said he shares. According to the Sunday Times, Western intelligence agencies have been forced to pull agents out of “hostile countries” after “Moscow gained access to more than one million classified files” held by Mr Snowden. “Senior government sources confirmed that China had also cracked the encrypted documents, which contain details of secret intelligence techniques and information that could allow British and American spies to be identified,” the newspaper added. Read More Here The post British spies moved from Russia, China after secret files cracked appeared first on USAHM Conspiracy News.       |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2015 04:34 PM PDT
 Russian and Chinese government officials have reportedly accessed more than one million classified documents that were stolen by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden in 2013.The Sunday Times is reporting via government sources that British spy agents have been relocated after the files were obtained and decrypted by Russian and Chinese officials. The move, which was also reported by BBC News, is being done out of an abundance of caution because agents and spies could have their cover blown based on information in the documents, according to officials sourced by the news organizations. The unnamed source quoted by the BBC said the government’s decision to move around its operatives was done out of an abundance of caution, and that there was “no evidence” any operatives had been harmed by the leak. The Times, a British newspaper whose editorial stance has been critical of the Snowden leaks since they began in 2013, said it could not confirm whether Snowden handed over the documents or if they were stolen. The paper said it learned about the documents falling into the hands of the Chinese and Russians from unnamed aides working for British Prime Minister David Cameron. Snowden has been living under political asylum in Russia since he fled the United States in 2013. He was originally holed up in Hong Kong before traveling to Moscow, at which point his travel visa was revoked by government officials. The U.S. government claims Snowden took around 1.7 million documents during his time as a government contractor for the firm Booz Allen Hamilton, a number repeated by the Times for their report. The actual number of files Snowden took before blowing the whistle on the government’s secret spy initiatives remains a mystery. The post Russia, China crack encryption on stolen Snowden files appeared first on USAHM Conspiracy News.   |
