NSA Releases Snowden's Email, Says He 'Did Not Raise Concerns'

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During his first ever American TV interview, Edward Snowden told NBC's Brian Williams that he had tried to go through internal channels to raise concerns about the NSA surveillance programs before he leaked stolen documents.

On Thursday, the NSA released the email, confirming the claim months after it said that there was no evidence Snowden ever raised concerns with anyone at the spy agency.

In a statement sent to reporters before the email was posted to its tumblr, an agency spokesperson told Mashable that the NSA has found "one e-mail inquiry [...] asking for an explanation of some material that was in a training course he had just completed." Read more...

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