NSA Whistleblower Comes Out Of The Shadows

Edward Snowden is the 29 year old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA’s history:

“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.”

“A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama’s promises. I was going to disclose it [but waited because of his election]. He continued with the policies of his predecessor.”

“We have to decide why terrorism is a new threat. There has always been terrorism. Boston was a criminal act. It was not about surveillance but good, old-fashioned police work. The police are very good at what they do.”

“We hack everyone everywhere. We like to make a distinction between us and the others. But we are in almost every country in the world. We are not at war with these countries.”

Read more at guardian.co.uk.