【新唐人2013年06月15日讯】美国前中情局（CIA）雇员爱德华•斯诺登（Edward Snowden），日前泄漏国家机密，逃往香港，他又透露，国家安全局（NSA）的“棱镜”（PRISM）计划，自09年起延伸至香港及大陆电脑网络，包括“香港中文大学”。但“中大”6月13号表示，网络系统有专人监控，没有发现遭入侵。同时，美国议员要求调查斯诺登与中共的关系。
目前全香港的网络通讯，都经过“香港中文大学”管理的“互联网交换中心（HKIX）”。针对斯诺登的泄密，“中大”回应说，学校网络运作正常，没有发现遭入侵。
美国《华尔街日报》14号报导，美国众议院情报委员会主席罗杰斯(Mike Rogers) ，将斯诺登称为“叛徒”。他说，我们还要问很多问题，比如他的动机、联系人、在何处落脚、为什么会到那里去、在那里的生活来源，以及中共政府是否对他予以全面配合。
美国当局已将29岁的斯诺登列为刑事案罪犯。美国《赫芬顿邮报》的文章猜测：在美国批评中共对美国进行网络攻击的大背景下，中共决定要用一种更聪明的手段进行反击：披露美国针对公民的间谍行为，让美国自己来撕开国家安全局的面纱，这样就可以最大程度的降低安全局的未来能力。
文章认为，斯诺登可能早就被中共情报部门盯上。中共察觉到他对美国政府不满，而且还有金钱上的需求。因此他们用现金将他收买了。交易条件是他必须得揭露美国的“棱镜”项目作为回报。
北京大学经济学教授夏业良表示，对于斯诺登泄漏美国国安局监控公民通讯一事，要分两个层面来看。
北京大学经济学教授夏业良：“一个层面是，作为普通美国公民，他如果为了捍卫公民权益，政府不必要来侵犯个人的隐私和权益，他提出这样一些主张，我觉得这是值得同情，和大家都应该去关注了解他，甚至在必要的时候替他辩护。但是如果作为情报人员，他如果违背了情报方面的一些准则和纪律的话，他应该受到惩罚，这也是应当的。因为你既然加入情报机构，你知道这个后果。”
据《卫报》6月11号报导，斯诺登离开旅馆后进入安全屋，旅美经济学家何清涟表示，这安全屋由谁提供﹖是解开此案的关键。
夏业良：“假如说，这个事情将来能够被证明，的确有这样的事实的话，那就说明，他很可悲的做了一个可耻的叛徒，做了一个间谍。但是现在我还不知道他究竟是一个什么样的人。”
美国国家情报总监詹姆斯•克拉珀表示，监控只在法庭允许下进行，而且针对的范围不大，只有反恐专家专门从事这个工作，目的也仅仅是为了反恐。
香港立法会议员何俊仁律师表示，中共黑客入侵其他国家，人们也有理由去关注，但是不应该把两件事放到一起。他也觉得，这件事情应该由香港自己依法处理。中共不应该插手。
北京自由撰稿人殷德义表示，他相信美国政府以反恐名义来监控公民隐私权是确有其事。但是两者目地不同。
北京自由撰稿人殷德义：“1.21美国政府不管怎样，他是以反恐名义，他和中国政府是完全不一样的。中国政府他是镇压的，主要是针对老百姓。”
据《福布斯》中文网报导，美国国会成员已经提出了引渡要求。但美国官方目前还没有对外公布是否引渡斯诺登回国。香港立法会议员建议斯诺登主动离境，或者等待被引渡出境。
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US Congress Member Called For investigation Of
Snowden’s Contact With The Chinese Communist Party
Former CIA employee Edward Snowden,
who leaked top secret documents to the media, fled to Hong Kong weeks ago.
Snowden further revealed that PRISM,
a surveillance program operated by the United States National Security Agency (NSA),
targeted networks in Hong Kong and Mainland China
from 2009, including the HKIX system of Hong Kong’s Chinese University.
However, the university announced on June 13th that
their network system is under special monitoring and they hadn’t seen any hacking activity.
A US congress member called for the contact
between Snowden and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to be investigated.
Currently all the Internet traffic of Hong Kong
needs to go through HKIX,
an internet exchange point operated by the
Chinese University of Hong Kong.
As a response to Snowden’s leaks,
the university said that
the HKIX system is under normal operation
with no hacking observed.
A Washington Journal reported on June 14th,
that US House Intelligence Committee Chairman
Mike Rogers called Snowden a “traitor".
Rogers said: “We need to ask a lot more questions
about his motives and connections;
Where did he end up, why he is there,
how is he sustaining himself while he is there?
Is the Chinese Communist Party fully cooperating?"
The US government has launched a criminal
investigation of Snowden.
A Huffington Post article presents a possibility
that explains the whole incident:
Against a backdrop of scathing U.S criticism of
China’s cyber attacks against America,
China decided to hit back at America with a clever tactic:
By credibly exposing US espionage activities that
undermine the constitutional rights of American citizens,
they get America to tear apart the NSA to the extent
that the agency’s future capabilities will be diminished.”
The article further speculated that Snowden was
profiled by CCP intelligence agencies long ago.
The CCP assessed that he had grievances against
the United States and was also financially motivated.
So they recruited him using cash and the deal was
he had to whistle blow about the PRISM program.
Professor of economics at Peking University Xia Yeliang
spoke about Snowden’s leaks of NSA’s surveillance program.
As a US citizen, if he (Snowden) makes some arguments
to protect civil rights against violation of privacy by the government,
I think this deserves public sympathy.
We should pay attention to his experience and
even defend him if necessary.
On the other hand, as an intelligence agent he should
be punished if he doesn’t abide by the law.
This is legitimate because he should know about the
consequences when he chose to join the agency.”
The Guardian reported on June 11th that Snowden was
believed to be in a “safe house” after leaving his hotel.
He Qinglian, a US-based economist, believes that the key
question is who provided Snowden with the “safe house”?
Xia Yeliang: If Snowden is provided a “safe house”
which is confirmed to be true in the future,
then Snowden will be unfortunately marked as
a shameful traitor and a spy against his own country.
Right now I can’t conclude what kind of person he really is.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that
the surveillance program can only gather data with permission of a specialized court,
and then only from a very limited group.
Only anti-terrorism specialists are engaged in the job,
for anti-terrorism tasks only.
He Junren, a council member of Hong Kong, remarked
that it was not strange that the incident drew wide attention
as the CCP’s hacking activity was also a hot topic but it was
not proper to place the two topics into the same category.
He believes that the Hong Kong government should handle
the incident independently and the CCP should not interfere.
Beijing freelancer Yin Deyi said that, although he believes
the US government does monitor private communications,
its purpose is completely different from that of the CCP.
Yin Deyi, freelancer from Beijing: ”Whatever the US
government has done, it is in the name of anti-terrorism.
This is completely different from the CCP who directs
surveillance against its citizens to suppress their protests.”
According to Forbeschina.com, the US Congress has
requested extradition of Snowden,
but didn’t announce if Snowden will be extradited to US.
However some Hong Kong council members
suggested Snowden either leave Hong Kong on his own initiative or wait for extradition.
