CIA's Ex-No. 2 Says ISIS ‘Learned From Snowden’

DAMAGE DONE?

The agency's old No. 2 says leaks about the NSA allowed the terrorist group's forerunners to evade U.S. electronic surveillance.

Published May 6 2015 4:24PM EDT

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Edward Snowden’s leaks about U.S. intelligence operations “played a role in the rise of ISIS.” That’s the explosive new allegation from the former deputy director of the CIA, Michael Morell, who was among the United States’ most senior intelligence officials when Snowden began providing highly classified documents to journalists in...

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CIA's Ex-No. 2 Says ISIS ‘Learned From Snowden’

The agency's old No. 2 says leaks about the NSA allowed the terrorist group's forerunners to evade U.S. electronic surveillance.

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Shane Harris