LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he believes the British public has largely shrugged off the espionage disclosures of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, telling lawmakers that people seem to be satisfied that U.K. spies are doing their jobs.
The editor of Britain’s Guardian newspaper, which played a critical role in bringing Snowden’s revelations to light, said recently that there had been “barely a whisper” from British politicians about the disclosures. Alan Rusbridger contrasted Britain’s political response to the impassioned debate in the United States — where intelligence chiefs have repeatedly been summoned to Congress, lawmakers have called for an end to domestic surveillance and top officials have proposed reforms to the NSA’s work.
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