NSA reveals how Snowden accessed secret Prism files

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http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240205710/NSA-reveals-how-Snowden-accessed-secret-Prism-files

By Warwick Ashford
ComputerWeekly.com
19 September 2013

Prism internet surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden accessed the 
secret documents in a file-sharing location, US National Security Agency 
(NSA) officials have revealed.

The file-sharing location had been set up on the NSA’s intranet to enable 
NSA analysts and officials to read and discuss them, government officials 
told NPR news.

Such file-sharing locations were set up after it was revealed that 
intelligence agencies failed to "connect the dots" before the 9/11 attacks 
in 2001 because they were unaware of what other agencies knew.

Snowden’s top secret clearance required to do his job as an IT systems 
administrator enabled him to access memoranda, presentations, reports, 
court orders and opinions related to Prism.

As part of his job, Snowden was required to move especially sensitive 
documents to a more secure location, which the officials said was the 
perfect cover.

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