Zero Hedge
June 17, 2013
Over the weekend, Dick Cheney emerged from his lair, and staunchly
defended the NSA surveillance programs that started under his tenure as
Vice President, telling Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that the
programs could have stopped 9/11 had they been in effect. More to the
point, Cheney shared his view of Edward Snowden, whom he accused of
being a traitor and went so far as hinting that he could be a spy for China.
“I’m suspicious because he went to China. That’s not a place where you
would ordinarily want to go if you are interested in freedom, liberty
and so forth,” Cheney said, adding: “It raises questions whether or not he had that kind of connection before he did this.”
The last statement finally generated an official response from China
whose Foreign Ministry on Monday, which had been silent for the past
week over all issues surrounding the whistleblower, denying Edward
Snowden was a Chinese spy and said the United States should give the
world an explanation regarding its international internet surveillance
programme.
From SCMP:
In its first official response to the recent exposure of
the US National Security Agency’s internet surveillance programme by
whistleblower Edward Snowden, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying
said the US should pay attention to concerns of the international
community on the issue.
Hua, in her daily briefing in Beijing, also hit back at the
allegation that Snowden could be a spy for China, calling it “sheer
nonsense”.
Beijing has been tight lipped about the saga since Snowden revealed
his identity to the media last week, only saying they have no
information regarding the case.
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