> I'm genuinely trying to understand as to why he didn't trust a single person from his country? This is untrue. Snowden contacted The Washington Post first, a

> I'm genuinely trying to understand as to why he didn't trust a single person from his country? This is untrue. Snowden contacted The Washington Post first, according to their account, but when they did not move as quickly as he would like, he approached The Guardian. However, the accounts from the Washington Post and The Guardian conflict with one another, so it's possible he worked with both in tandem while trying not to tip his hand to either.