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NSA Whistleblower Comes Forward: ‘I Don’t Want to Live in a Society That Does These Sort of Things’

TOPICS:data collectionedward snowdenfourth amendmentI Don't Want to Live in a Society That Does These Sort of ThingsmetadatansaNSA spying on americansNSA Whistleblower Comes ForwardNSA whistleblower Edward Snowdenprivacy rightswhistleblowers

Posted By: BMartin1776 June 9, 2013


‘I do not expect to see home again’

Well you can be sure the imperial regime will charge Edward Snowden under the Espionage Act and whatever else they can conjure up! He will meet the true power of the US government just like other whistleblowers like Bill Binney and Thomas Drake.
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Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations
Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras in Hong Kong | theguardian
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz Allen and Dell.

The Guardian, after several days of interviews, is revealing his identity at his request. From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. “I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong,” he said.

Snowden will go down in history as one of America’s most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world’s most secretive organisations – the NSA.

In a note accompanying the first set of documents he provided, he wrote: “I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions,” but “I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant.”

Despite his determination to be publicly unveiled, he repeatedly insisted that he wants to avoid the media spotlight. “I don’t want public attention because I don’t want the story to be about me. I want it to be about what the US government is doing.”

He does not fear the consequences of going public, he said, only that doing so will distract attention from the issues raised by his disclosures. “I know the media likes to personalise political debates, and I know the government will demonise me.”

Despite these fears, he remained hopeful his outing will not divert attention from the substance of his disclosures. “I really want the focus to be on these documents and the debate which I hope this will trigger among citizens around the globe about what kind of world we want to live in.” He added: “My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.”

He has had “a very comfortable life” that included a salary of roughly $200,000, a girlfriend with whom he shared a home in Hawaii, a stable career, and a family he loves. “I’m willing to sacrifice all of that because I can’t in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they’re secretly building.”…read more

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