"It also did not include concerns about how indefensible collection activities - such as breaking into the back-haul communications of major US Internet companies -- are sometimes concealed under E.O. 12333 to avoid Congressional reporting requirements and regulations."
Ben Wizner, Snowden's attorney, told VICE News that the issue over his client's personal email communications is "somewhat of a red herring" since "Snowden witnessed an entire regime of surveillance and what was needed was not for higher-ups to be aware of his concerns, but for the public to be brought into the conversation."
Wizner said he thinks there is physical evidence to support Snowden's claims. But he added: "Where it is, I don't know."
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