综合一区欧美国产,99国产麻豆免费精品,九九精品黄色录像,亚洲激情青青草,久久亚洲熟妇熟,中文字幕av在线播放,国产一区二区卡,九九久久国产精品,久久精品视频免费

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / World

Spies pulled as Snowden files read by Russia

By Agencies in London | China Daily | Updated: 2015-06-15 07:46

Britain has been forced to remove some of its spies after Russia accessed the top-secret documents taken by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, British media reported.

The BBC and the Sunday Times cited senior government and intelligence officials as saying agents had been pulled, with the newspaper saying the move came after Russia was able to decrypt more than one million files.

Additionally, the government has been prevented from getting vital information, a Downing Street source said, according to the newspaper.

Downing Street said on Sunday that it doesn't "comment on intelligence matters" while the Foreign Office said: "We can neither confirm or deny these reports".

The BBC reported, meanwhile, that a government source said there was "no evidence" any spies were harmed.

Snowden fled to Russia after leaking the documents to the press in 2013 in a move he said was needed to expose the extent of US online surveillance programs and to protect "privacy and basic liberties".

The Sunday Times said other government sources claim the revealed US and British intelligence techniques have led to fears that their spies could be identified.

Snowden worked as a contractor at the CIA and National Security Agency, where he was able to download 1.7 million secret documents that showed how hundreds of millions of people had been under surveillance by the authorities.

He previously claimed that "no intelligence service" could crack the documents, saying he was able to "keep such information from being compromised even in the highest threat counterintelligence environments".

But an intelligence source told the Sunday Times that they know Russia has access to Snowden's material and will be going through it for years to come, searching for clues to identify potential targets.

An official from the Interior Ministry added that Russian President Vladimir Putin "didn't give him asylum for nothing".

The US administration has branded Snowden a hacker and a traitor who endangered lives by revealing the extent of the NSA spying program.

But he has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the second year in a row and has received a string of international awards for free speech and civil liberties.

AFP - Reuters

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
丹阳市| 南京市| 轮台县| 勃利县| 临洮县| 固原市| 大渡口区| 藁城市| 道孚县| 遂宁市| 马山县| 湟中县| 和田县| 五莲县| 南江县| 陇川县| 龙井市| 新化县| 讷河市| 和田县| 合水县| 汨罗市| 萍乡市| 陈巴尔虎旗| 广德县| 武安市| 浦北县| 崇文区| 长岛县| 兰州市| 汕头市| 惠水县| 松原市| 宝丰县| 都江堰市| 沅陵县| 永胜县| 杂多县| 杭锦旗| 读书| 大同县|