Rep. Michael McCaul Believes Edward Snowden ‘Cultivated by a Foreign Power’

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

Rep. Michael McCaul Believes Edward Snowden ‘Cultivated by a Foreign Power’

By Freda Kahen-Kashi
Jan 19, 2014 12:45pm

Rep. Michael McCaul believes that Edward Snowden, the NSA whistle-blower, was “cultivated” by a foreign power, the House Homeland Security Committee chairman told “This Week” today.

“I don’t think Mr. Snowden woke up one day and had the wherewithal to do this all by himself,” McCaul, R-Texas, said on the ABC News Sunday morning program. “I think he was helped by others.

“To say definitively I can’t answer that, but I personally believe that he was cultivated by a foreign power to do what he did. Again, I can’t give a definitive statement on that, but I think given all the evidence I know Mike Rogers has access to, that I’ve seen, that I don’t think he was acting alone,” he added.

McCaul’s comments were in response to a statement issued by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., in an earlier interview, who said, “I believe there’s a reason he ended up in the hands and the loving arms of an FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) agent in Moscow. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.”

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[djean111]

1. I don't. Would be surprised if this was not smear-Snowden-obfuscate-what-he-said #87.

Right behind Oh, he dumped his girlfriend! and He has boxes in his garage!
I think Russia was just one of the few countries that could offer him sanctuary without getting browbeaten.
And, sadly, I do not think all Congressmen are the sharpest crayons in the box, any more.
Even so - he wants to start something with Russia? Too much "Snowden is vindicated" talk? Does anything at all change the import of what Snowden spilled? Nope.

[Wilms]

2. .

His current net worth is estimated at $294 million, which is approximately 300% higher than it was last year ($74 million).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McCaul

[jakeXT]

3. He may not have acted alone, but who revoked his passport when was in Moscow ? /nt

[bemildred]

4. Now who's got a conspiracy theory to push? nt

[bemildred]

5. I guess these are the new talking points:

the NSA whistle-blower, was “cultivated” by a foreign power (Translation: we were not taken by some nerd)

and

I don’t think Mr. Snowden ... had the wherewithal to do this all by himself (Translation: we were not taken by some nerd)

You can summarize it as: my opinion is not worth a bucket of warm spit, but I think he's a traitor-spy-enemy.