Backbytes: John le Carré to Edward Snowden - 'Good luck... You're probably screwed!'

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"An intelligence agency cannot let a whistle-blower go unpunished," former spy turned novelist John le Carré tells Edward Snowden

John le Carré, the former spook turned spy novel writer, is probably a better person than most to ask about the likely fate of Edward Snowden, the US National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower wh...

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