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Only 1% of files leaked by former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden have been published by the Guardian newspaper, its editor has told MPs. | Only 1% of files leaked by former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden have been published by the Guardian newspaper, its editor has told MPs. |
But Alan Rusbridger told the Home Affairs Select Committee that the Guardian was not a "rogue newspaper". | But Alan Rusbridger told the Home Affairs Select Committee that the Guardian was not a "rogue newspaper". |
He insisted the paper's journalists were "patriots" and patriotic about democracy and a free press. | He insisted the paper's journalists were "patriots" and patriotic about democracy and a free press. |
He said senior officials in Whitehall and the US administration had told the paper "no damage" had been caused. | He said senior officials in Whitehall and the US administration had told the paper "no damage" had been caused. |
Last month intelligence chiefs used their appearance before a different committee to criticise the Guardian, suggesting it had endangered national security . | |
But Mr Rusbridger said their accusations were "very vague and not rooted in specific stories". | But Mr Rusbridger said their accusations were "very vague and not rooted in specific stories". |
'Selective judgements' | |
"There are different views about this," he said. "It's impossible to assess because no one has given me specific evidence." | "There are different views about this," he said. "It's impossible to assess because no one has given me specific evidence." |
He added: "There are countries - and they are not generally democracies - where the press are not free to write about this and where the security services do tell editors what to write. | |
"That's not the country we live in, in Britain, and it's one of the things we love about the country." | |
Mr Rusbridger said he was not in a position to answer a question by Conservative MP Michael Ellis about whether he had broken the Terrorism Act by sharing information listing the names of security officials abroad with other newspapers. | Mr Rusbridger said he was not in a position to answer a question by Conservative MP Michael Ellis about whether he had broken the Terrorism Act by sharing information listing the names of security officials abroad with other newspapers. |
The Guardian editor said the paper had "made very selective judgments"' about what to publish and had not revealed the names of any officials. | |
He said the files taken by Mr Snowden, a former contractor with the National Security Agency were in four locations - with The Guardian and the Washington Post newspapers, as well as in Rio de Janeiro and Germany. | |
He said editors of "leading" newspapers had also decided to publish details in the NSA files. | |
Asked by committee chairman Keith Vaz if the files that had not been published were in a secure place, Mr Rusbridger said: "I believe that to be true." |