Glenn Greenwald, one of the reporters to whom Edward Snowden leaked classified National Security Agency documents, said Monday that he did not even know “where Mr. Snowden worked or what his name was until he was in Hong Kong with the documents.”
On CNN’s “The Lead With Jake Tapper,” Tapper brought up the case of Fox News reporter James Rosen, who was investigated by the Justice Department for his role in receiving sensitive information from a government source. Tapper asked the Guardian reporter if he advised Snowden on how to transfer the documents or did anything similar to Rosen.
“Not only did I not do more than Mr. Rosen was accused of doing by the Justice Department when he was called a co-conspirator, I did much, much less,” Greenwald said. “I didn’t even know where Mr. Snowden worked or what his name was until after he was in Hong Kong with the documents. We had some preliminary communication with him about how to communicate secretly in a way that would be secure. But other than that, nothing.”
Watch the exchange below:
This post has been updated.
