John Kerry Accuses Edward Snowden of Helping Terrorists …

May 28, 2014 8:51am

Secretary of State John Kerry accused former NSA-contractor Edward Snowden of helping terrorists, telling George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America today that people have been placed in danger because of Snowdens revelations.

We have evidence that people are in additional danger because operational security has been breached, because terrorists have learned firsthand about methods and mechanisms by which the United States collects intelligence, he said, never clarifying who specifically is at risk.

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Snowden is responsible for the largest security breach in U.S. history, leaking thousands of classified documents to the public. He now lives in exile in Russia and told NBC News he was trained as a spy.

Kerry said Snowdens actions have damaged U.S. intelligence gathering. Our operations have been compromised, he said.

Kerry also vigorously defended President Obamas decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by 2016, calling Republican opposition to the plan part of an industry of automatic opposition to anything.

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The secretary of state said everything the administration set out to do in Afghanistan five years ago has been accomplished and reiterated the time is now right for a draw down.

When President Obama came in there was no policy, Kerry said. The president increased the troops, put a policy in place and set a deadline for the Afghans to be able to take over security and, guess what? They met the deadline.

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