A lot of people, from Ron Paul to the Pulitzer Prize committee, have staked their reputations on the conviction that Edward Snowden was a public-spirited whistleblower. But what if they are wrong, and he was from the start an espionage agent of a foreign power (most likely Russia) who used the domestic spying revelations as cover? Edward Jay Epstein is an investigative  writer of the highest standing, a man given to careful examination and analysis of the facts, and he presents a disturbingly strong case in the Wall Street Journal  that Snowden was operating as an agent. The entire piece should be read, but here is an excerpt that is most telling, in my opinion: The chronology of Mr. Snowden's thefts suggests that a top priority was lists of the computers of U.S. adversaries abroad that the NSA had succeeded in penetrating. Mr. Snowden confirmed this priority in October 2013, when he told James Risen of the New York Times NYT +3.29% that his...(Read Full Post)