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> Booz Allen said he was an employee for less than three months. I don't really get this Snowden guy. From what I've read about him, I don't see why someone l

by daenz 13y ago

> Booz Allen said he was an employee for less than three months. I don't really get this Snowden guy. From what I've read about him, I don't see why someone like him would be given access to the whole picture in the way he claims to have had access to. Unless someone was positioning him with the intention that he would become a whistleblower /conspiracy I just have a hard time buying that of all the people that have worked for the NSA, of all the people who must have had access to what he did, only one would become a big whistleblower. Either somebody dropped the ball in psych profiling Snowden, or this must have been intentional, right?

krenoten 13y ago
First of all, there have been several NSA whistleblowers that have spoken on this issue. William Binney even gave the CCC a copy of some code that was a similar model to what his team initially designed for the NSA. Second, his current job at a contractor is relatively new, but before joining Booz Allen he worked directly under an intelligence agency.
- jjtheblunt 13y ago
  Where is it recorded that he worked directly under an intelligence agency? (Honest question; i've not found that.)
  - wyck 13y ago
    He worked for the CIA on IT security since approximatly 2004-2005. In 2007 he was stationed in Switzerland (CIA), he left the CIA in 2009. In 2009 he started to work for a private contractor in the U.S and Japan which had him stationed at a NSA facility. I don't get all the media reports that he only been on the inside for 3 months. This adds up to 7+ years. It all on his wiki page with footnotes to sources.
corresation 13y ago
Another scenario is that the NSA (and friends) are just far looser with "secrets" than we would have imagined. It is incredible to me that the NSA has almost entry-level contractor employers -- who have little loyalty or long-term career aspirations within the NSA -- running the show. Simply incredible.

by daenz 13y ago

krenoten 13y ago

First of all, there have been several NSA whistleblowers that have spoken on this issue. William Binney even gave the CCC a copy of some code that was a similar model to what his team initially designed for the NSA. Second, his current job at a contractor is relatively new, but before joining Booz Allen he worked directly under an intelligence agency.

jjtheblunt 13y ago
Where is it recorded that he worked directly under an intelligence agency? (Honest question; i've not found that.)
- wyck 13y ago
  He worked for the CIA on IT security since approximatly 2004-2005. In 2007 he was stationed in Switzerland (CIA), he left the CIA in 2009. In 2009 he started to work for a private contractor in the U.S and Japan which had him stationed at a NSA facility. I don't get all the media reports that he only been on the inside for 3 months. This adds up to 7+ years. It all on his wiki page with footnotes to sources.

corresation 13y ago

Another scenario is that the NSA (and friends) are just far looser with "secrets" than we would have imagined. It is incredible to me that the NSA has almost entry-level contractor employers -- who have little loyalty or long-term career aspirations within the NSA -- running the show. Simply incredible.