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not taking money from the Russian government. I'm not a spy," he continued.The NSA contractor disclosed the US government's use of a surveillance programs to secretly investigate on their own citizens and others around the world.He said that he was comfortable with his decision and, despite homesickness, could sleep easily at night for trying to protect the US constitution."I may have lost my ability to travel, but I've gained the ability to go to sleep at night and to put my head on the pillow and feel comfortable that I've done the right thing even when it was the hard thing. And I'm comfortable with that," he added.Secretary of State John Kerry said that Snowden should "man up and come back to the United States.""The bottom line is this is a man who has betrayed his country, who is sitting in Russia, an authoritarian country where he has taken refuge," Kerry told CBS' This Morning show.The whistleblower claims to have deleted classified documents before going to a Moscow airport from Hong Kong where he first sought asylum."I took nothing to Russia, so I could give them nothing," he said.He added that if he "could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home" but he would not "walk into a jail cell" by entering the US without clemency.On his Russian visa status, which expires on 1 August, Snowden said that if it "looks like it's going to run out, then of course I would apply for an extension."RelatedEdward Snowden Says He Assisted NSA and CIA as Undercover Agent OverseasEdward Snowden Seeking Return to US: Der SpiegelIndependent Scotland Could Offer Edward Snowden Political AsylumEdward Snowden: Is NSA Leaker a Chinese Spy?Edward Snowden Interview Live: NSA Whistleblower Speaks at SXSW 2014 <div
Edward Snowden: One Year On - History Will Decide if Whistleblower is Hero or VillainBy Dan RaywoodJune 5, 2014 16:19 BSTThe mural which appeared on the wall of a house in Cheltenham has been credited to street artist Banksy, and pokes fun at the spying of GCHQ agents.Robin Gunningham/FacebookToday marks the first anniversary of the release of files relating to mass surveillance of people and businesses by the US National Security Agency (NSA).On 6 June 2013 it was revealed by a number of news agencies, including the New York Times and the Guardian, that the NSA monitored user activity on Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, while 24 hours later it was revealed that the UK was not so innocent, with the UK's GCHQ were cooperating with the Prism software,Supra TK Society High Tops White Blue Pattern, and had access to the system since at least June 2010.The revelations were of course made by former government contractor Edward Snowden, then a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, and later one of the most wanted men in the world. Despite still living in exile in Russia he has made appearances, speaking via seven proxy servers at this year's SXSW conference in Texas,Supra TK Society High Tops White Red UK, and on Channel 4's Alternative Christmas message.Snowden the super-spy?So a year on, what have we learned from Snowden's expose in the past year? Calum MacLeod, VP EMEA at Lieberman Software, said: "I'm not sure who's more confused today about Snowden. Is he a mild mannered hero seeking freedom, truth and the idyllic American way; carrying out a one man crusade against injustice and devilish practices, or has he now morphed into super-spy?"MacLeod said that many already suspected that the US government, along with virtually every other government,Supra Shoes Womens UK, was using the internet to spy, and perhaps we should be comforted by the ancient words that there is nothing new under the sun."Maybe this is why Caesar used encryption to send messages back to Rome from Gaul, did he by chance suspect that he had Snowden's ancestors hiding in the ranks, looking to expose his dastardly deeds to the enemy?"Tom Cross, Lancope's director of security research, said that it is very important to substantiate things that some people suspect may be true. "For example, the fact that phone companies in the United States were turning bulk meta-data over to the government had been reported in the press in 2006, but the phone companies denied that this story was true, and that denial, coupled with a new law ensuring that surveillance programs would be reviewed by the FISA court, put to rest much of the discussion over the issue," Cross said."Although some people suspected that the program was real, without proof, there was no room for further debate. Now that proof is available, that debate is proceeding, and serious questions have been raised about the wisdom of the program as well as the correctness of FISA court rulings that authorised it."Mind controlEdward Snowden says he has no relationship with the Russian government.GettyOn the same point, Michael Sutton, VP of security research at Zscaler, commented that nation states have engaged in espionage in the name of security and financial gain for decades, but it didn't always involve smartphones and Facebook accounts."The security community has long known that the US government engaged in offensive tactics,2011 Supra Skytop High Tops Mens, but eyebrows have been raised even among the most well informed given jus |
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