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| Snowden took job to gather NSA cyber evidence | |
| 2013-06-24 | |
Snowden, who was in Hong Kong before fleeing to Moscow this weekend, told the newspaper that he sought a position as an analyst with the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton so he could collect proof about the NSA's secret surveillance program ahead of planned leaks to the media. "My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked," he told the Post in a June 12 interview that was published Monday. "That is why I accepted that position about three months ago." In his interview with the Post, Snowden divulged information that he claimed showed hacking by the NSA into computers in Hong Kong and mainland China. "I did not release them earlier because I don't want to simply dump huge amounts of documents without regard to their content," he said. "I have to screen everything before releasing it to journalists." Asked by the Post if he specifically went to Booz Allen Hamilton as a computer systems administrator to gather evidence of surveillance, he replied: "Correct on Booz." His intention was to collect information about the NSA hacking into "the whole world" and "not specifically Hong Kong and China," he said. The documents he divulged to the Post were obtained during his tenure at Booz Allen Hamilton in April, he said. He also signaled his intention to leak more of those documents at a later date. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 His intention was to collect information about the NSA hacking into "the whole world" and "not specifically Hong Kong and China," he said. That tells me that he intended to reveal this, including lists of foreign computers the NSA compromised, to those who are not our friends - severely damaging our national security. Intentionally. Who knows what else he has on those 4 laptops. Encryption keys? Informer identities? If he's willing to reveal foreign systems we compromised - why not foreign nationals? I believe Wikileaks has absolutely no problem doing so - why should he? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-06-24 22:21 |
| #5 It depends on your choice: Was he (or did he think he was) defending the constitution by breaking his oath to his employer? I am tempted, in this case, to think he was. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-06-24 17:22 |
| #4 Like a cop infiltrating a gang of dope dealers? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-06-24 17:19 |
| #3 Came across this article while "reading other news" on the net, just wanted to share it - While working for spies, Snowden was secretly prolific online Was the article news to you ? It was news to me. |
| Posted by: Hopsing Bourbon6785 2013-06-24 17:13 |
| #2 "swore an oath with full knowledge that he intended to break it" Just like his hero Bambi and the Constitution. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-06-24 17:12 |
| #1 So he signed the NDA and swore an oath with full knowledge that he intended to break it. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-06-24 17:00 |