U.S. government has sprung another Snowden-style leak

The U.S. government has confirmed media reports and speculation that there is a second Edward Snowden-style leaker providing classified documents to the journalist Glenn Greenwald and his media outfit, The Intercept.

CNN first reported there could be a second leaker citing unnamed U.S. officials. Their evidence was based on a story in The Intercept that cited a National Counterterrorism Center document dated August 2013, well after Snowden had fled the United States.

The Wire says that government officials have subsequently confirmed the existence of a second leaker.

The National Counterterrorism Center is meant to coordinate the anti-terror efforts of the various federal security agencies in the United States such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Department of Homeland Security. The center is also responsible for maintaining terrorist watch lists and the infamous no-fly list that prevents anyone on it from boarding a flight to, or within the United States.

Despite media reports and government allegations that Greenwald does indeed have a new source within the government, Greenwald has denied such a source.

The same day as CNN broke the story, Greenwald refused to comment on the allegations in emails to Business Insider.

Greenwald has continued these denials despite a tweet suggesting otherwise.

Seems clear at this point RT @ageis @vruz Bruce Schneier: "I think there's a second [NSA] leaker out there." https://t.co/0iCULZWf0L

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) July 4, 2014

He also told CNN in an interview back in February 2014, "I definitely think it's fair to say that there are people who have been inspired by Edward Snowden's courage and by the great good and virtue that it has achieved."