Topic: Sam Adams Award

Former CIA operative Valerie Plame and CNN's Anderson Cooper are featured in clips discussing Edward Snowden. The hosts highlight that both refer to him informally as "Ed," which they interpret as a sign of CIA familiarity. They reiterate their theory that the Snowden leaks are part of an internal war between the CIA and the NSA, noting that the New York Times recently reported the CIA knew of Snowden's intent to expose the NSA as early as 2009.

The "Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence" given to Edward Snowden is revealed to be an initiative of the Government Accountability Project (GAP). Analysis of GAP's tax filings shows it is a million-dollar lobbying group involved in various political causes, including the "pink slime" food scandal. The hosts argue the award ceremony in Moscow was a staged CIA operation to keep Snowden in the news cycle.