British MPs to question Guardian editor
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The editor of The Guardian daily is to be questioned by British lawmakers over the publication of intelligence files leaked by US whistleblower and former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden.
Alan Rusbridger is to appear before the House of Commons home affairs select committee next month after UK’s top spies said that the revelations were compromising Britain’s national security.
“Alan has been invited to give evidence to the home affairs select committee and looks forward to appearing next month,” an unnamed The Guardian spokeswoman said.
The Guardian has published information about the joint spying practices of UK eavesdropping agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and its American counterpart, the NSA.
According to Snowden intelligence leaks, GCHQ was secretly accessing millions of phone calls and electronic communications, using the NSA’s Tempora program to circumvent UK law.
On Thursday, MI6 chief Sir John Sawers criticized The Guardian for the publication of NSA classified documents, describing the journalists who published the leaked documents as irresponsible.
“I’m not sure the journalists managing these publications are particularly well placed to make that judgment,” he stated.
GCHQ head Sir Ian Lobban echoed his comments. Lobban asserted that the global media coverage in the wake of publication of intelligence files leaked by Snowden has made their job “far, far harder for years to come.”
“We have actually seen chat around specific groups, including closer to home, discussing how to avoid what they now perceive to be vulnerable communications methods, or how to select communications packages that they now perceive not to be exploitable,” he said.
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