Edward Snowden on police pursuing journalist data: the scandal is what the law allows

NSA whistleblower responds to admission by Australian federal police that it investigated leaks to a Guardian journalist by requesting his metadata

Edward Snowden has condemned Australian law enforcement for collecting the communications records of a Guardian journalist without a warrant.

The world's most prominent whistleblower, who disclosed dragnet surveillance unprecedented in its scale by the National Security Agency and its allies, singled out for critique the Australian government's contention that it broke no laws in its leak investigation of Paul Farrell, a Guardian reporter who in 2014 exposed the inner workings of Australia's maritime interception of asylum seekers.