Snowden claims he destroyed NSA files before fleeing to Russia
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The passage repeats widely reported claims about Edward Snowden’s alleged destruction of NSA documents and his interviews with journalists. It offers no new specifics—no dates, locations, witnesses, o Snowden alleges he destroyed NSA Level‑3 documents before boarding a flight to Moscow. He discussed this claim in interviews with James Bamford, Alan Rusbridger, Katrina vanden Heuvel, an The author
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