Foreign Policy

Claim Russia and China have broken Snowden's encryption, forcing MI6 to recall deep intelligence assets. I'm skeptical. As paranoid as Snowden was, it's unlikely he would have used anything other than the best encryption available, and nobody should have broken it by now. Unless they pressured Snowden to give them the key.More skepticism.

"Privacy campaigners questioned the timing of the report, coming days after a 373-page report by the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, David Anderson QC, which was commissioned by David Cameron. Anderson was highly critical of the existing system of oversight of the surveillance agencies and set out a series of recommendations for reform.
A new surveillance bill, scheduled for the autumn, is expected to be the subject of fierce debate."

And a political motive for the claim. This is evidence for a hoax.