WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States has launched a criminal investigation and is taking “all necessary steps” to prosecute Edward Snowden for exposing secret US surveillance programs, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director said on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

Robert Mueller, who is to step down soon after more than a decade leading the FBI, defended the Internet and phone sweeps as vital tools that could have prevented the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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