when glenn greenwald appears on b.b.c.'ight things are testy. >> you say when eight politicians who are part of the british government they are members of parliament get together and say something, that it's improper or makes you strange or conspiratorial. >> media coverage of snowden has been dire. the guard yap, of course led on the story to start with stuck with it. bbc came into it late. a couple of newspapers stuck to the line that edward snowden is a traitor. now it's taking a lot of trust. i think what edward snowden showed is that we can't entirely trust them. we need oversight and transparency. >> it's disheartening to see the u.k. media take the side on that debate. when oversight has been weak there are so few means for to us hold the government to account. we rely heavily media to provide an element of accountability. this is an opportunity to do that. they failed in that seriously. >> when glen greenwald was contacted by edward snowden, the journalist considered the credibility of the source. media consumers wo

according to glenn greenwald's the intercept the cia has been conducting efforts to break the securitymultiple apple products. eamon javers is live in washington with more. eamon? >> john, we were where to start this morning. a lot of edward snowden fallout percolating in the media, starting with the piece in the intercept, glenn greenwald's publication. what they're saying is that based on documents they have, that cnbc has been unable to confirm, they say that the cia and the national security apparatus of the united states has spent years trying to crack into apple devices including ipads and iphones and that based on documents they've got out of a gathering called the jamboree in northern virginia, they say, the cia and other intelligence officers discussed among themselves ways to crack into those apple devices. that's going to get a lot of attention today, especially with all the apple news this week. i talked to a senior administration official about this today. let me give you their statement. it's kind of interesting. senior administration officials saying while we will not co

george is -- glenn got publicly welcomed greenwald. but edward snowden, the man who leave the document, cannot come to germany. >> the countries, such as germany, who benefit the most from the risk that he took the one you have most shamefully turned their backs on him. >> via link with snowden to moscow, he said he would love to return to his united states, but does not believe he would get a fair trial. >> i want to tell the jury why i did it. i want to tell the court what these programs are. i want the jury to decide whether it was right or wrong that our rights and our constitution were being violated in secret. >> the u.s. continues to argue about whether snowden is a traitor or hero. but for the makers of security technology, that is not the point. >> for us, it's an absolute business driver. edward snowden's comments have definitely raise a different awareness of security questions. >> customers are more sensitive about security matters now, but the monitoring continues said snowden. then he addresses his audience of i.t. profes