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I don't see where Snowden said that "he specifically took the job with the intent [...] to release to journalists in those foreign countries"
by awqrre 10y ago
I don't see where Snowden said that "he specifically took the job with the intent [...] to release to journalists in those foreign countries"
- tzs 10y ago"My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked. That is why I accepted that position about three months ago." "If I have time to go through this information, I would like to make it available to journalists in each country to make their own assessment, independent of my bias, as to whether or not the knowledge of US network operations against their people should be published."
- whamlastxmas 10y agoThat says he accepted because he wanted access. Not because he wanted to leak the data. There are plenty of legitimate reasons why someone would find it interesting or fulfilling work to get access to machines on such a big scale. It's prestigious if nothing else. It's possible he meant for the purpose of leaking data, but it's wrong to assert it only due to your assumptions.