BEIJING — The Chinese Ministry of National Defense accused the United States on Thursday of hypocrisy over cybersurveillance and said the disclosures made by Edward J. Snowden bolstered the case for China’s security efforts on the Internet. These were the harshest public comments so far from the Chinese government about Mr. Snowden’s revelations.
Until now, the Chinese government’s comments on the disclosures have come through the Foreign Ministry, which has used relatively muted words to answer reporters’ questions about Mr. Snowden’s allegations. Mr. Snowden, a former C.I.A. employee, has described the United States’ monitoring of Chinese Internet sites and installations, and Prism, a National Security Agency program to mine Internet information.
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Chris Buckley, The New York Times via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/g556NVoMMm0/
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