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As described at CBSNews.com.
Snowden said he instigated one of the biggest government leaks in U.S. history to inform the public of what he called “the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life.”
He was a systems engineer and administrator for the CIA, and most recently worked as a contractor at the U.S. National Security Agency.
In an interview with Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, published on the Guardian website, Snowden talked about the system built to conduct surveillance of U.S. citizens:
“I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant to a federal judge or even a president,” Snowden said. “Even if you’re not doing anything wrong, you’re being watched and recorded. You simply have to eventually fall under suspicion from somebody, even by a wrong call, and then they can use the system to go back in time and scrutinize every decision you’ve ever made, every friend you’ve ever discussed something with.”
Snowden said he instigated one of the biggest government leaks in U.S. history to inform the public of what he called “the greatest danger to our freedom and way of life.”
He was a systems engineer and administrator for the CIA, and most recently worked as a contractor at the U.S. National Security Agency.
In an interview with Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, published on the Guardian website, Snowden talked about the system built to conduct surveillance of U.S. citizens:
“I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant to a federal judge or even a president,” Snowden said. “Even if you’re not doing anything wrong, you’re being watched and recorded. You simply have to eventually fall under suspicion from somebody, even by a wrong call, and then they can use the system to go back in time and scrutinize every decision you’ve ever made, every friend you’ve ever discussed something with.”
