Edward Snowden: la C.I.A. se méfiait depuis 2009

Un changement d'attitude noté à son dossier pointait vers la méfiance à l'égard d'Edward Snowden. Si ces supérieurs à la C.I.A. se doutait qu'il tentait d'accéder à des dossiers sensibles, il semble que l'information n'a pas été transmise à la N.S.A..

 "In hindsight, officials said, the report by the C.I.A. supervisor and the agency’s suspicions might have been the first serious warnings of the disclosures to come, and the biggest missed opportunity to review Mr. Snowden’s top-secret clearance or at least put his future work at the N.S.A. under much greater scrutiny.

 “The weakness of the system was if derogatory information came in, he could still keep his security clearance and move to another job, and the information wasn’t passed on,” said a Republican lawmaker who has been briefed on Mr. Snowden’s activities.

 Mr. Snowden now lives in Moscow, where he surfaced this week for the first time since receiving temporary asylum from the Russian government over the summer. On Wednesday night, he met with four American whistle-blowers who have championed his case in the United States and who presented him with an award they said was given annually by a group of retired C.I.A. officers to members of the intelligence community “who exhibit integrity in intelligence.”

 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/us/cia-warning-on-snowden-in-09-said-to-slip-through-the-cracks.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131011&_r=0