Edward Snowden documentary reveals more about the new leak source (update: New Yorker interview)

The US government insisted that there was a second source leaking intelligence data besides Edward Snowden, and we now have some extra evidence to support this claim. Laura Poitras’ just-launched documentary covering the Snowden leaks, Citizenfour, reveals that this mysterious tipster is both higher in the intelligence ranks and, at least at the time the movie was shot, still serving. In other words, the leaker theoretically has access to up-to-the-minute info about the US’ surveillance activities. When Snowden sees this information (provided by reporter Glenn Greenwald) in the documentary, he’s visibly startled -- even he wasn’t aware of another insider.