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These are anonymous government sources. Can we really expect them to tell the truth? It seems more likely that these officials are exploiting the general public's lack of knowledge on this issue to turn them against Snowden and the journalists.

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It's getting really silly with these government sources speaking under the condition of anonymity. You would think journalists would have read, under the assumption that they lack the minimal intellect to see through the charade, some of the Snowden documents that clearly speak of using anonymous sources for more or less sophisticated psyop.