WASHINGTON (AP) — A former spy agency official who was the target of a government leak investigation says he feels a “significant kinship” with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Thomas Drake, who was a top NSA official, assailed the Obama administration Tuesday for what he called an “unprecedented and ruthless campaign” against leakers of secret government information.

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