Oliver stone directed this docudrama about whistleblower edward snowden, who decided to leak classified information from the nsa in order to expose a massive, covert surveillance program orchestrated by the u. John oliver interviewed nsa leaker edward snowden about the most important issue of our day. From the threetime pulitzer prize winner and author of the new york times bestseller angler, the definitive master narrative of edward snowden and the modern surveillance state, based on unique access to snowden and groundbreaking reportage around the world. The interview was big news in germany and much of the world in both print and broadcast media. Snowden knows very well the world of intelligence and the way the secret services of his country operate. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. Edward snowden interview the edited transcript world. On the eve of his memoir permanent record being published, nsa whistleblower edward snowden talked at length from moscow with msnbcs brian williams in an exclusive interview. Nsa is after industrial spying snowden to german tv rt. Snowden archive canadian journalists for free expression. Snowden s root access would have been limited to the systems he had access to. John oliver and edward snowden explain how the nsa.
How edward snowden protected information and his life. Edward snowden touched off a global debate in 20 when he gave barton gellman, laura poitras and glenn greenwald each a vast. Edward snowden s first television interview was broadcast by german channel ard on the evening of sunday 26 january 2014. In his interview with the guardian, snowden says the nsas spying capabilities are not only widespread we collect more digital communications from america than we. Many people, however, will remember another moment that snowden claimed as a breaking point, namely when director of national intelligence james clapper was forced to lie during a senate committee hearing on march 12, 20, which snowden recalled in an interview from january 23, 2014 with the german broadcaster ard.
Snowden still holding keys to the kingdom the washington post. Civil liberties and national security expert geoffrey stone lays out littleknown facts about nsa surveillance and the pitfalls of snowden s defense. Edward snowden and the stellarwind report nexus newsfeed. Jetzt geht edward snowden im interview mit dem ndr. Ndr have now made available a version of the interview with the original, english language, soundtrack. Mike pompeo wants organizers of south by southwest interactive to back out of their scheduled video conference interview of. The film stars joseph gordonlevitt, shailene woodley, melissa leo, zachary quinto, tom wilkinson. These revelations generated unprecedented attention around the world on. That being said, i found no place to hide a highly informative and illuminating read. Every time you pick up the phone, dial a number, write an email, make a purchase, travel on the bus carrying a cell phone, swipe a card somewhere, you leave a trace. The documents he revealed provided a vital public window into the nsa and its international intelligence partners secret mass surveillance programs and capabilities. The following is a transcript of the entire video interview. Edward snowdens first television interview was broadcast by german channel ard on the evening of sunday 26 january 2014. With the wikimedia foundation set to sue the nsa for its pervasive surveillance programmes, edward snowden s revelations are back in the.
A 2016 report by the house intelligence committee cited more than 20 examples of which, it said, snowden damaged national security. This is a subreddit for discussions about edward snowden, the nsa, prism and all related issues. Snowden talks industrial espionage, death threats in. L ast month, i met edward snowden in a hotel in central moscow, just blocks away from red square. I think actually the ietf is a great example of why its not the threat that people might be concerned about. However, the interview appears to have been blocked intentionally by us government authorities.
Edward snowden interview the edited transcript alan rusbridger and ewen macaskill the whistleblower speaks to alan rusbridger and ewen macaskill about life in. Whether or not the government can see out naughty nude photos. The twoway targeting what he calls misleading statements about his work for the u. Edward joseph snowden born june 21, 1983 is an american whistleblower who copied and leaked highly classified information from the national security agency nsa in 20 when he was a central intelligence agency cia employee and subcontractor. Its gone largely unnoticed that the first interview edward snowden gave a media outlet after he leaked national security agency documents conducted by german broadcaster ard was not. Snowden gave his version to the times in an online interview. Edward snowden, the man responsible for the biggest leak of top secret intelligence files the world has ever seen, talks to the bbc s peter taylor, about. Im interview erklart georg mascolo, was man darin neues uber. John oliver didnt tell hbo about his snowden interview.
Additionally, snowden claims for the first time in his latest interview that a culture exists among his former nsa staffers in which us spies routinely share with one another intimate, nude photos of people in sexually compromising situations that the government was never intended to see. During an interview sunday in russia with german tv network ard tv, snowden used germanybased telecom siemens ag as a potential target. The film is based on the books the snowden files by luke harding and time of the octopus by anatoly kucherena. U third, two weeks before snowden began mass downloads of classified documents.
Edward snowden chose the german ard broadcaster to make his first tv interview ever since he became a whistleblower. Theres lots of interesting stuff in the article, but i want to highlight two new revelations. The interview was made in strict secrecy in an unspecified location in russia, where snowden is currently living under temporary asylum. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the nsa and the five eyes intelligence alliance with the. During an interview sunday in russia with german tv network ard tv, snowden used germanybased telecom siemens ag as a potential. Kill the snowden interview, congressman tells sxsw cnet. Edward snowden goes on german tv, says nsa spies on.
In nbc interview, snowden says he was trained as a spy. Edward snowden is an american whistleblower who copied and leaked highly classified information from the national security agency in 20 when he was a. Former nsa contractor edward snowden claimed in a new interview. In the interview aired sunday night on german public television broadcaster ard, snowden said the nsa is active in industrial espionage and will grab any intelligence it can get its hands on. On the eve of his memoir permanent record being published, nsa whistleblower edward snowden talked at length from moscow with. Uploaded on liveleak cause german television thinks the rest of the world isnt intereseted in edward snowden. Its written by longtime nsa watcher james bamford, who interviewed snowden in moscow. And, the government has decided that its a good idea to collect it all. Kill the snowden interview, congressman tells sxsw. Edward snowden is a 31 year old us citizen, former intelligence community officer and whistleblower. Snowden interview in english ard 480p internet archive.
In the second part of an exclusive interview with glenn greenwald and laura poitras, former nsa contractor edward snowden contemplates the reaction from the us government to his revelations of top. Snowden talks industrial espionage, death threats in german interview. Snowden is an upcoming 2016 american biographical political thriller film directed by oliver stone and written by stone and kieran fitzgerald. Agency contractor edward snowdens unauthorized downloading of highly classified. In a may 2014 interview, snowden told nbc news that after bringing his concerns about the. On july 19, greenwald told german public broadcaster ard that snowden in. By charlton stanley, weekend contributor last sunday, former nsa contractor and whistleblower edward snowden was interviewed for the german television network ard. Edward joseph snowden born june 21, 1983 is an american whistleblower who copied and. Edward snowden s interview with german journalist hubert seipel appeared on the countrys ard channel tonight, complete with yet another nsa revelation. There is no question that the us is engaged in economic spying, said snowden. Former nsa contractor edward snowden, who has been living in russia for most of the past year, has applied for asylum in several other countries. New snowden interview in wired schneier on security. There are contexts, there are circumstances where people could think about that, and thats a real danger to the standard control of governments.
The snowden documents that have been made public primarily. While edward snowden has specifically requested that the story should not be about him, his story is indeed fascinating, and the actions that the united states is taking against him is very revealing in itself of the attitudes of the us administration. Snowden by oliver stone joseph gordonlevitt, shailene. This repository is a complete collection of all documents leaked by former national security agency contractor and whistleblower edward snowden that have subsequently been published by news media around the world. Edward snowden explains how to reclaim your privacy. Nsa whistleblower edward snowden joins mehdi hasan to discuss surveillance, privacy protection, and the likelihood of a trumpputin deal to extradite him. Previously, classified nsa documents leaked to the press by snowden, now 31, have. Similarly, i hold laura poitras, the filmmaker who accompanied greenwald to hong kong to interview edward snowden, as well as snowden himself in very high regard, and i firmly believe edward snowden should be pardoned and allowed to come home. Edward snowden on privacy in the age of trump and facebook. Snowden said, according to ard, which recorded the interview in russia, where the whistleblower has claimed asylum. Edward snowden is an active cia officer on a limited.
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