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Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files To Russia

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-he-stores-all-his-ebooks-on-microfiche dept.

mspohr writes "There's an interesting interview with Edward Snowden in the NY Times. He talks freely about his decision to start collecting documents. His experience in reporting problems and abuse convinced him he would be discredited. He also states he didn't take any of the documents to Russia and that the Chinese don't have them either. 'What would be the unique value of personally carrying another copy of the materials onward? There's a zero percent chance the Russians or Chinese have received any documents,' he said. Snowden turned them all over to the journalists. He also corrects last week's NY Times story about the derogatory comment in his personnel file; it was due to him discovering and trying to report a vulnerability in the CIA's internal software."

6 of 220 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Trust by segedunum · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Stabbing who in the back, exactly?

  2. Re:Trust by cheekyjohnson · · Score: 5, Interesting

    He's blown a whole lot of trust as it is, by stabbing his country in the back so spectacularly.

    Precisely. Nonsensical things such as freedom and the constitution are overshadowed by the threat of the bogeymen who are out to get us.

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  3. Re:Trust by ClassicASP · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I dunno....I'd say he stabbed his country's _government_ in the back. I wouldn't say he stabbed his country in the back though. So far I haven't heard anything that would indicate that Snowden hates America.

  4. Re:He'd better have something..... by Errol+backfiring · · Score: 5, Interesting

    He does not need to remain relevant. I think he just wants a boring life now, possibly including some potatoes. He already knows that "May you live in interesting times" is a curse. And as long as he remains in a country that is willing to stick up a finger to the USA, he is probably safe.

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  5. Some accused him of giving the files to Russia by thue · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There has been various accusations that Snowden leaked the documents to Russia, willingly or unwillingly. This should (in a perfect world) make those accusations less valid. Also, this shows against that Snowden is damn brave and clever - it must have been very tempting to hold on to the documents, which he paid so dearly for.

    http://www.thenation.com/blog/174983/did-russia-china-harvest-snowdens-secrets#

  6. Re:Trust by TWiTfan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What makes him think that everyone should believe him now?

    Because he's been telling the truth and the NSA definitely haven't?

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