First, you're missing the point. Snowden passed his security checks in 2006, when no one considers him anti-surveillance. That's why he had no real reason to fa

First, you're missing the point. Snowden passed his security checks in 2006, when no one considers him anti-surveillance. That's why he had no real reason to fail any checks. Second, some coworkers afterward the leaks said they thought Snowden had started to act disgruntled towards the industry, but he was never a "visibly active protester against government surveillance." He was an active cog in government surveillance from ~2006 til 2013. You're kind of right that he seemingly only took the Booz Allen Hamilton job to get access to data, but every other detail you're way off on.