Whistleblower: Someone said to be employed by a US government contractor is leaking secrets to the same journalists who worked with Edward Snowden. <\/p>\n
The FBI has reportedly raided the home of an \"extremely principled and brave\" whistleblower working for a US contracting firm, thought to have been inspired by security contractor Edward Snowden to continue his work. <\/p>\n
The existence of a \"second Snowden\" was first suspected by authorities when information about the US government's master terrorist screening database surfaced online in August, months after Snowden had already fled the country. <\/p>\n
In an article on news site The Intercept titled \"Barack Obama's Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers\",Jeremy Scahilland Ryan Devereaux interpreted the information - which they attributed to a \"source in the intelligence community\" - to show almost half the people on terror watchlists had no known affiliation with any terrorist group. <\/p>\n
Edward Snowden talks with Journalist Glenn Greenwald in a scene from the documentary Citizenfour. Photo: Supplied <\/p>\n
The Intercept was co-founded by Scahill with Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, to whom Snowden previously leaked details of the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs. <\/p>\n
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The government's frantic search for the new leaker intensified this month after scenes fromPoitras' documentary on Snowden, Citizenfour,showed Greenwald appearing to confirm the existence of new whistleblower. <\/p>\n
Greenwald is shown meeting Snowden in Moscow, where the whistleblower has sought asylum from US criminal charges, scribbling notes about the new source on paper for fear of being overheard. <\/p>\n
\"The person is incredibly bold,\" Snowden said, after learning the details of the leaks. Greenwald replied: \"It was motivated by what you did.\" <\/p>\n
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