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29/11/2013 GMT

Journalist - Glenn Greenwald

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Is the man who broke the Snowden story on a journalistic crusade that's gone too far?

Glenn Greenwald talks about holding power to account. But has the man who broke the Snowden story on a journalistic crusade that's gone too far?

When Edward Snowden leaked American intelligence secrets the whole world became aware of the extent of US-UK surveillance of global phone and internet traffic. Have the revelations flagged up a corrosive infringement of individual liberty, or undermined efforts to protect the world from terrorism? 

Hardtalk speaks to journalist, Glenn Greenwald - the man who broke the Snowden story. His mission, he says, is to hold power to account. Is this a journalistic crusade that's gone too far?

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