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The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz Allen and Dell.
The Guardian, after several days of interviews, is revealing his identity at his request. From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong," he said.
Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world's most secretive organisations the NSA.
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor .
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations | World news | guardian.co.uk
It's probable that the government is going to go after this hero, harshly, when, in fact, they should be the ones arrested.
He watched the transition of info being used against terrorists to being used against political enemies of Obama.
Someone please refresh my memory. What's the big leak---people have known about this since Bush. Aren't we just revisiting an old issue ?
What are the odds that information gleaned at NSA was used in constructing that system? Not saying it happened. But what are the odds?
He watched the transition of info being used against terrorists to being used against political enemies of Obama.
OK, recall that the Obama Campaign had computer systems and programs to provide state of the art information about voters and voting patterns. It was mind boggling in its sophistication.
What are the odds that information gleaned at NSA was used in constructing that system? Not saying it happened. But what are the odds? And if true, should Obama be impeached, removed, tried and jailed?
Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world's most secretive organisations the NSA.
Someone please refresh my memory. What's the big leak---people have known about this since Bush. Aren't we just revisiting an old issue ?
No. The size and scope are revelatory here.
"mind boggling in its sophistication"....
You guys crack me up.
This year, however, as part of a project code-named Narwhal, Obamas team is working to link once completely separate repositories of information so that every fact gathered about a voter is available to every arm of the campaign. Such information-sharing would allow the person who crafts a provocative email about contraception to send it only to women with whom canvassers have personally discussed reproductive views or whom data-mining targeters have pinpointed as likely to be friendly to Obamas views on the issue.
Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world's most secretive organisations the NSA.
alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning.
Interesting, both of whom were aggressively pilloried and demonized by the right. To be consistent, therefore, Snowden should be subject to the same treatment by conservatives, where they seek his imprisonment or death.
Or will Snowden be presented as a hero by conservative hypocrites, more interested in using him as a political weapon against the current administration than concern over justice or privacy rights.
Knowing conservatives as we do, it will clearly be the latter.
Someone please refresh my memory. What's the big leak---people have known about this since Bush. Aren't we just revisiting an old issue ?
No. The size and scope are revelatory here.
He copied and released documents ( I assume to the guardian ). Are they available for everyone to see. I'd like to know exactly the nature of the leak.
"mind boggling in its sophistication"....
You guys crack me up.
Yeah? Tell me more about it.
Project Narwhal: How a top-secret Obama campaign program could change the 2012 race. - Slate Magazine
This year, however, as part of a project code-named Narwhal, Obamas team is working to link once completely separate repositories of information so that every fact gathered about a voter is available to every arm of the campaign. Such information-sharing would allow the person who crafts a provocative email about contraception to send it only to women with whom canvassers have personally discussed reproductive views or whom data-mining targeters have pinpointed as likely to be friendly to Obamas views on the issue.
he stole classified info and leaked it to the press.
That's theft, at the least.
He should have informed other authorities, in secret, if nothing was done, then contact lawyers.
he's in deep shit and has given the nsa time to cover themselves from what may have been uncovered.
he stole classified info and leaked it to the press.
That's theft, at the least.
He should have informed other authorities, in secret, if nothing was done, then contact lawyers.
he's in deep shit and has given the nsa time to cover themselves from what may have been uncovered.
The only theft here is that the government is stealing our data.
