Topic: Electronic Spying

John Rapoport argues that the NSA, known for meticulous security, would not likely allow a lone contractor to steal massive amounts of data via a thumb drive. He proposes a hypothesis that the Snowden leaks were part of an internal turf war between the CIA and the NSA. As the NSA became the dominant agency due to the shift toward electronic intelligence, the CIA may have sought to damage its rival's reputation to protect its own budget.