U.S. fears whistleblower has "thousands of documents"

WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence agencies are worried because they "do not know how much" confidential material is in the hands of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. As reported by Reuters, there are concerns that Snowden took many more documents than originally thought, and special attention is given to his contacts with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. U.S. fears whistleblower has "thousands of documents" Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Security Diane Feinstein said that the competent authorities were informed that Snowden possesses about two hundred classified documents. Another official, however, said there were fears that he has "thousands of documents" that belonged to the NSA. The Guardian and the Washington Post have not yet released all the details of the documents they were given by the whistleblower. U.S. officials believe he is still in Russia, although Ecuador confirmed it was considering his request for asylum. Snowden did not board an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Havana on Monday, although the media previously announced it. His whereabouts are currently unknown. (Beta/AP) "Unacceptable" Edward Snowden has not crossed the Russian border, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday in Moscow. "I wish to say promptly that we have nothing to do with Snowden, his relations with the U.S. Department of Justice or his movements around the world. He picked his route on his own; we learned about it from the mass media. Snowden has not crossed the Russian border," the minister was quoted as saying by the Itar-Tass news agency. "Therefore we regard, as unjustified and unacceptable, all the attempts to accuse Russia of violating U.S. laws and nearly of conspiracy, accompanied, on top of that, by threats to us. There are no legal grounds for such behavior of U.S. officials. This opinion has been communicated to the United States through proper channels," Lavrov added. Tanjug

U.S. fears whistleblower has "thousands of documents"

Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Security Diane Feinstein said that the competent authorities were informed that Snowden possesses about two hundred classified documents.

Another official, however, said there were fears that he has "thousands of documents" that belonged to the NSA.

The Guardian and the Washington Post have not yet released all the details of the documents they were given by the whistleblower.

U.S. officials believe he is still in Russia, although Ecuador confirmed it was considering his request for asylum.

Snowden did not board an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Havana on Monday, although the media previously announced it.

His whereabouts are currently unknown.

"Unacceptable"

Edward Snowden has not crossed the Russian border, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday in Moscow.

"I wish to say promptly that we have nothing to do with Snowden, his relations with the U.S. Department of Justice or his movements around the world. He picked his route on his own; we learned about it from the mass media. Snowden has not crossed the Russian border," the minister was quoted as saying by the Itar-Tass news agency.

"Therefore we regard, as unjustified and unacceptable, all the attempts to accuse Russia of violating U.S. laws and nearly of conspiracy, accompanied, on top of that, by threats to us. There are no legal grounds for such behavior of U.S. officials. This opinion has been communicated to the United States through proper channels," Lavrov added.