Snowden: NSA Directors Have Hurt U.S. Security

Edward Snowden said the very people who are supposed to be protecting the United States from cyberattacks are the ones making the country more vulnerable.

Snowden called out Gen. Keith Alexander and Michael Hayden, respectively the current and former directors of the National Security Agency (NSA), naming them as two individuals that have done significant damage to national security during a talk he gave via satellite video at South by Southwest on Monday.

The accusation came as a response to a question posed to Snowden about Alexander's recent comments that Snowden's leaks have caused "grave, significant and irreversible damage to our nation and to our allies." Read more...