[Transcript of partial Interview with Snowdens Attorney- Mispoke? Oh, yes she did!]
Robles:If we can, back to the revelations now. So, it would appear that this 1.7 million files story is also not really legitimate and the fact that there is ongoing JSOC operations and stuff that maybe compromised by some of the information, you would say that is unfounded, right?
Radack: I would say the 1.7 million number materialized out of nowhere. In fact, I don't know how the government, the US government, came up with that considering they have admitted they don't know how much information he took – number one. Number two – even if in that information there happened to be something about military activities, no journalist is going to publish anything about troop movements or military plans or anything like that. That is why Mr. Snowden gave those documents to journalists, so that they could carefully go through them and only print what is in the public interest to know.
Robles:What about our agent names, names of agents and sources? That was another concern.
Radack: Again, I don't think those are among those documents. But even if they were, journalists are never going to compromise an undercover agents' identity. We have a law against that in the US called the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. And even though the US has exposed names of undercover agents to Hollywood so that they can make films, glamorizing certain things: the capture of bin Laden. The only person to be convicted of that is another whistleblower John Kiriakou, who confirmed to a journalist the name of a torturer.
Robles:Ok. I'm sure that was not Mr. Snowden's intention in the first place and it seems to me that that would be another way to get him on some sort of treason charge, right? I mean, if he was exposing agents.
Radack: If he exposed agents, they would add an Intelligence Identities Protection Act charge against him. Again, only two people in the US have been convicted under that law ever. And I seriously doubt given the organization with which journalist Glenn Greenwald described in Rolling Stone magazine about how Mr. Snowden had organized these files, it sounds like he was out to reveal US surveillance, not to unmask undercover agents of an agency he used to work for.
Robles:Right, sure. Well, as I understood, I mean what he said, he saw a world where everything was being scooped up and pried into, and he didn't want to be a part of it, if I remember that. And that sounds completely legitimate and above board and noble to expose something like that, in my opinion.
Radack: I agree. And also if you look at this whole scandal, over and over and over again the US has lied and lied and lied even before Congress on camera, under oath. And Mr. Snowden has not. Mr. Snowden has told the truth, the US government has lied over and over and over again and every week we have a new rumor, we have to try to quash that the US puts out.
Robles:Now, listen, you just said a very interesting phrase a minute ago. I was wondering if you could expand on it. You said ‘the capture of Osama bin Laden'.
Radack: I probably misspoke, as far as I know they just killed him.
Robles:Ok, you misspoke there, ok. Because there is a lot of people wondering if he is actually dead, I mean why was there never ever any evidence produced that he was actually killed. This goes back to a lot of people who knew about his CIA codename of Osman, that he was just brought in from the Cold or something, and I don't know, ok, anyway. Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_01_18/Regarding-Snowden-US-lies-and-l...
Regarding Snowden: US lies and lies and lies - Snowdens Attorney Jesselyn Radack
by Frances Farmer
Jan 19, 2014
[Transcript of partial Interview with Snowdens Attorney- Mispoke? Oh, yes she did!]
Robles: If we can, back to the revelations now. So, it would appear that this 1.7 million files story is also not really legitimate and the fact that there is ongoing JSOC operations and stuff that maybe compromised by some of the information, you would say that is unfounded, right?
Radack: I would say the 1.7 million number materialized out of nowhere. In fact, I don't know how the government, the US government, came up with that considering they have admitted they don't know how much information he took – number one. Number two – even if in that information there happened to be something about military activities, no journalist is going to publish anything about troop movements or military plans or anything like that. That is why Mr. Snowden gave those documents to journalists, so that they could carefully go through them and only print what is in the public interest to know.
Robles: What about our agent names, names of agents and sources? That was another concern.
Radack: Again, I don't think those are among those documents. But even if they were, journalists are never going to compromise an undercover agents' identity. We have a law against that in the US called the Intelligence Identities Protection Act. And even though the US has exposed names of undercover agents to Hollywood so that they can make films, glamorizing certain things: the capture of bin Laden. The only person to be convicted of that is another whistleblower John Kiriakou, who confirmed to a journalist the name of a torturer.
Robles: Ok. I'm sure that was not Mr. Snowden's intention in the first place and it seems to me that that would be another way to get him on some sort of treason charge, right? I mean, if he was exposing agents.
Radack: If he exposed agents, they would add an Intelligence Identities Protection Act charge against him. Again, only two people in the US have been convicted under that law ever. And I seriously doubt given the organization with which journalist Glenn Greenwald described in Rolling Stone magazine about how Mr. Snowden had organized these files, it sounds like he was out to reveal US surveillance, not to unmask undercover agents of an agency he used to work for.
Robles: Right, sure. Well, as I understood, I mean what he said, he saw a world where everything was being scooped up and pried into, and he didn't want to be a part of it, if I remember that. And that sounds completely legitimate and above board and noble to expose something like that, in my opinion.
Radack: I agree. And also if you look at this whole scandal, over and over and over again the US has lied and lied and lied even before Congress on camera, under oath. And Mr. Snowden has not. Mr. Snowden has told the truth, the US government has lied over and over and over again and every week we have a new rumor, we have to try to quash that the US puts out.
Robles: Now, listen, you just said a very interesting phrase a minute ago. I was wondering if you could expand on it. You said ‘the capture of Osama bin Laden'.
Radack: I probably misspoke, as far as I know they just killed him.
Robles: Ok, you misspoke there, ok. Because there is a lot of people wondering if he is actually dead, I mean why was there never ever any evidence produced that he was actually killed. This goes back to a lot of people who knew about his CIA codename of Osman, that he was just brought in from the Cold or something, and I don't know, ok, anyway.
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/2014_01_18/Regarding-Snowden-US-lies-and-l...