Review: The Best Journalism On The Snowden Debacle So Far
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
Mr. Lucas has written what is certainly the best analysis to date of the Snowden debacle. While most of his journalistic peers have chosen to focus on the alleged wrongdoing of NSA, CIA, and the 14 other US intelligence agencies operating under the aegis of the Directorate of National Intelligence, Edward Lucas lays out, grimly and in stunning detail not seen elsewhere, the degree to which Snowden has damaged or compromised the ability of our security services to prevent another 9/11. And he makes the case that, far from being an American patriot, Snowden was the witting or unwitting tool of Vladimir Putin. The question that CIA and NSA must now ask themselves is how someone so little qualified (Snowden was unwilling -- or too lazy -- to finish high school) could get inside our intelligence apparatus. There were red flags years before his treason.