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Commentary: Evidence points to another Snowden at the NSA

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Commentary: Evidence points to another Snowden at the NSA Monday August 29 th , 2016  at  12:12 PM 1 Share By  James Bamford In the summer of 1972, state-of-the-art campaign spying consisted of amateur burglars, armed with duct tape and microphones, penetrating the headquarters of the  Democratic National Committee . Today, amateur burglars have been replaced by cyberspies, who penetrated the DNC armed with computers and sophisticated hacking tools.  Where the Watergate burglars came away empty-handed and in handcuffs, the modern- day cyber thieves walked away with tens of thousands of sensitive political documents and are still unidentified. Now, in the latest twist, hacking tools themselves, likely stolen from the National Security Agency, are on the digital auction block. Once again, the usual suspects start with  Russia  – though there seems little evidence backing up the accusation.  BEST OF COMMENTARY Putin's latest moves show