House Intelligence Chair: Russia May Have Helped Edward Snowden on NSA Revelations

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Russia may have helped the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden to reveal details of surveillance programmes and escape US authorities last year, the chairman of the House intelligence committee claimed on Sunday.

Mike Rogers, a Republican representative from Michigan, interviewed by NBC's Meet the Press, said Snowden was "a thief whom we believe had some help", and added that there was an "ongoing" investigation into whether Russia had aided Snowden.