The U.S. House intelligence panel issued a scathing report on Thursday accusing National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of lying about his background, feuding with co-workers and leaking secrets that "caused tremendous damage" to U.S. security. The House of Representatives intelligence committee report declared that Snowden was "not a whistleblower" as he has claimed in interviews and that most of the material he stole from NSA outposts was about intelligence and defence programs of great interest to U.S. foreign adversaries. The committee only released a four-page summary of what it said was a 36-page investigative report by committee staff that remains highly classified. The report calls Snowden, who is living in Russia, a "disgruntled employee who had frequent conflicts with his managers." The House committee's release of the report coincides with the release of Snowden, a Hollywood movie directed by Oliver Stone, which portrays the former intelligence contractor as a whistleblower and hero.

Source: CBC News September 15, 2016 22:07 UTC