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U.S. Surveillance Leak Spawns Criminal, Congressional Probes
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An ex-CIA worker’s exposure of a once-secret U.S. electronic surveillance program has spawned a criminal investigation and congressional questions about the ability of a low-level employee to breach national security.
The Obama administration, while refusing to say what it knows about Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old American and former technical assistant for the Central Intelligence Agency, said the case is being investigated, including his whereabouts. Calls increased in Congress for an indictment and extradition for what several lawmakers called treason.