Snowden Page #2

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The eyes on the screens.

Sir?

What should I do now? What you want.

Are you so pale in reality?

Hi.

Finally. Yes.

Sorry.

You want something ..? No, we'll take a walk.

You may need some sun. Well, you mentioned it earlier.

Sorry it took me so long. You would not want to see me on crutches.

I was not so smooth. And then came this new job, so ..

What did you do now? Analyses of the Foreign Ministry.

Congratulations! Thanks

Can do me a favor and point in the direction of the State Department?

It is in that direction. Where? Are you sure?

I'm not that good at orienting me. Not so good on lies either.

You have to work on both if you want to be a spy.

Where I come from work everyone's parents for "Foreign Ministry".

And every time you went out on my website,

which was often, the location of your IP address from Virginia.

Do you know how to track an IP address? Yes.

I'm pretty sure that the State Department does not have offices in Virginia.

Okay, show me what you can. What?

Do your stuff. Your best catwalk.

Do not be shy. Come on, I know you can.

I do not know.

Fold Bush, not bombs. Fold Bush, not bombs.

Do you want to write on? Yes absolutely.

Tack.

Sir?

No thanks.

Excuse me, do you write for? I did it right. Thanks.

Too much take it for you?

Oh no, I just do not like to speak ill of my country.

It is my country too. And right now it has blood on their hands.

Sorry. I have friends who are there right now.

I'm not talking about soldiers, I'm talking about the idiot who sent them to war.

You mean our commander in chief? Yes, call him what you want, he's still wrong.

How do you know he's wrong? You're overreacting.

No, I do question our government.

This we do in this country, that is what the country is founded on.

But the question liberal media then?

You buy uncritically what a site says.

Maybe. To my side is right.

Funnily, my side is right. Really?

Why do smart conservatives me so damn angry?

Probably because you do not like to hear the truth.

You're a very frustrating person. Do you know that?

How should I make you see? I can see just fine, thank you.

Did it help anything?

No, it did nothing for me. Tasted liberal.

Not my thing.

"Bush allow wiretapping without a court order."

Is it constitutional to bypass the legal system?

No. Fourth Amendment prohibits tracking and seizure without a legal basis.

Quite right, Rio. Which means

that your commander in chief, the president breaks the law.

That's what you say, do, Rio?

I guess it depends on .. who you talk to.

And if you talk to journalists?

Which usually do not have the whole picture, or do not report it

we will only get a part of the truth.

The law on foreign signals intelligence, FISA law.

We respect the Fourth Amendment in this country.

We issue permits based on suspicions

But sometimes the order issued by a secret court

so we did not warn the suspect, we are spying on.

And these court proceedings are secret, which means,

you can not read about them in the New York Times.

Did you see my test results? Yes, the best in class, like you.

Here? NSA.

They liked me very hard. Put me in all the best teams.

Soviet front. Gulf War. And so the great new challenge.

Find the terrorists in Internethstacken. A damn big haystack.

Hundreds of terabytes in minutes. It would take you 400 years to read the email.

And then you have to analyze them. The more you look, the less you see.

What have you found? Something real beautiful. With its own staff.

Three million dollars. A program that can distinguish between foreign and

Domestic information. Encrypt all

we were not looking for so that it remains private.

It was elegant, streamlined. The best I ever sing done.

Have a seat.

What was it?

Ed, getting to the top in our world

can sometimes take a man hard.

I mean, you think you are making progress.

You think that you take the initiative.

And then take the next guy and grind your job to smithereens.

They used it? Why not? They never say why.

Two years later, after September 11

telling a friend of mine about this new program they bought externally.

Cost four billion US dollars to roll out, modeled after my.

But without filters, without automation.

It took everything in. They drowned in the data. It was a f***ing disaster.

But there must have been some greater purpose, no?

To spend so much money .. They are not stupid.

One might think that intelligence played a role in the intelligence world.

But do you know what it is that sets the agenda?

Military Industrial happiness.

You are the treasure chests to open the Congress, so that the money flows to external providers.

Efficiency and results, go out with the bathwater.

Not to mention..

You're late to class. Okay thanks.

Can I get another one? Obvious

Have you ever said anything about this?

Yes, I went to the Legal Department. We registered complaints.

Now I'm here, tucked away and out of the way and teach you.

It is perhaps more important in the long run. You get better and better.

My favorite place here on campus.

Chasing you, Ed?

I have shot clay pigeons with my dad, but never hunted.

We can do it someday. There had been great.

Mr. O'Brian, can I ask you .. You can call me Corbin.

Okay. Thank you, sir. Corbin.

I talked to Hank Forrester, and I would like to know

are all our signals intelligence directed toward specific goals?

Obvious. What would they have the benefit otherwise?

I do not know.

Do you have a girlfriend, Ed? Nothing serious.

What is her name? Lindsey.

Following her with you?

No, I do not want to expose her to danger.

You do not need it. You will not go to the Middle East.

I'm your best student. Does not that mean something?

In 20 years, Iraq will be a hell that no one cares about.

Terrorism is a short-term threat.

The real threat comes from China, Russia, Iran.

And it comes in the form of database injections and malicious software.

Without your brains will this country to crumble in cyberspace.

I do not want to risk losing you over a useless war of sand and oil.

It surprises me that you say so.

One need not agree with their politicians to be a patriot.

Where will you send me? Take a break. Enjoy the view.

HONG KONG Tuesday, June 4, 2013

This is Laura.

Hi. Hi nice to meet you.

Ewen MacAskill of The Guardian. Nice to meet you.

If you do not mind, I would like to record ..

Mobile phones end up in the microwave. Dare I ask why?

We get there after you asked your questions.

Before we get into the story, I have to get to know a little more about you.

Your career at first glance is very diverse, but we need proof ..

This is my diplomatic passports of friendly countries.

Tourist passport for all others. You can check visa stamps.

NSA tray with Booz Allen, my CIA tray with Dell.

And this is my DIA instructor badge.

This is a photo of me and Michael Hayden

the former head of the NSA and the CIA.

When can you publish?

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