article_snippet.sent: Last Week Tonight host John Oliver flew to Moscow to grill Snowden about the leaking of 'harmful' documents and asks Snowden to explain why Snowden did the leaking of 'harmful' documents .
article_snippet.sent: Evidence of the harm done to intelligence agencies across the world after the former CIA contractor leaked 1.7million classified documents in 2013 is compiled in the first comprehensive public analysis of the leaks by the Henry Jackson Society security think-tank.
article_snippet.sent: the fugitive stole intelligence files from GCHQ and the US National Security Agency revealed details about covert attempts by agencies to view citizens' private information by gathering internet histories, emails, text and call records and passwords.
article_snippet.sent: Report author Robin Simcox said: 'The focus has been about the so-called mass surveillance by GCHQ and the NSA but these leaks have allowed extremist groups and jihadists to look at our capabilities –
article_snippet.sent: which has given the so-called mass surveillance by GCHQ and the NSA a great insight. '
article_snippet.sent: At a time when the range of threats against the West has never been greater, with Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Somalia and Al Qaeda in Pakistan, it is astonishing the focus has been more on the shortcomings of our intelligence agencies and not the fact Snowden has helped terror suspects drop off the radar. '
article_snippet.sent: Snowden has caused severe damage to our ability to fight extremism.'
article_snippet.sent: MI5 director general Andrew Parker has called the traitor's actions a 'gift to terrorists'.
article_snippet.sent: On Monday, Snowden revealed Snowden had not read all the top-secret dossiers Snowden stole before handing all the top-secret dossiers he stole before handing them to newspapers including the Guardian – a move which has put lives in jeopardy from terrorists to newspapers including the Guardian – a move which has put lives in jeopardy from terrorists.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden claims Snowden had to act because the US and other Western governments' policies were a 'threat to democracy'.
highlights_snippet.sent: Snowden stole intelligence files from GCHQ and US National Security Agency .
  