Groundbreaking interview with Snowden ‘my mission already accomplished’
Edward Joseph Snowden emerged at the appointed hour, alone, blending into a light crowd of locals and tourists. He cocked his arm for a handshake, then turned his shoulder to indicate a path. Before long he had guided his visitor to a secure space out of public view.
Six months after the first revelations appeared in The Washington Post and Britain’s Guardian newspaper, Snowden agreed to reflect at length on the roots and repercussions of his choice. He was relaxed and animated over two days of nearly unbroken conversation, fueled by burgers, pasta, ice cream and Russian pastry.
For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission’s already accomplished,” he said. “I already won. As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything that I had been trying to do was validated. Because, remember, I didn’t want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself…
CNN interview with WaPo Reporter who interviewed Snowden:
(The interview is encapsulated beautifully in this clip from CBS)
There is no evidence at all for the claim that I have loyalties to Russia or China or any country other than the United States…I have no relationship with the Russian government. I have not entered into any agreements with them. If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public.
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