A prison ‘life’ for the leaker
Feds say ‘traitor’ could rot forever
- Last Updated: 4:03 AM, June 12, 2013
- Posted: 1:02 AM, June 12, 2013
He betrayed his nation by spilling anti-terror secrets and putting Americans’ lives at risk — and self-promoting leaker Edward Snowden could spend the rest of his days in prison for it.
Snowden, a National Security Agency contractor, must have signed a nondisclosure agreement to gain access to the highly classified data he exposed, a senior US intelligence official said yesterday.
And breaching the agreement would mean the 29-year-old computer expert could be tried for espionage and get a life term if convicted, the official said.
US investigators have launched a massive hunt for Snowden and for every detail of his professional and private life to build a criminal case against him, sources said.
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The investigation will include searches of Snowden’s home and efforts to interview his family, girlfriend, co-workers and friends, CNN reported.
The FBI visited the Pennsylvania home of Snowden’s father, nut agency officials refused to comment yesterday.
National Security Agency chief Gen. Keith Alexander — keeper of some of the nation’s most valuable secrets — claims Snowden has vanished and he does not know his whereabouts, Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) said yesterday after Alexander briefed key senators.
Snowden disappeared after hiding for three weeks in Hong Kong, where he leaked secrets about the government’s anti-terror tracking of phone record and Internet communications.
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