[LINK] US Hacking

[Kim Holburn]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-why

> NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I do not expect to see home again'
> 
> Source for the Guardian's NSA files on why he carried out the biggest intelligence leak in a generation – and what comes next

> Q: Why did you decide to become a whistleblower?
> 
> A: "The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife's phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.
> 
> "I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things … I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under."
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> Q: But isn't there a need for surveillance to try to reduce the chances of terrorist attacks such as Boston?
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> A: "We have to decide why terrorism is a new threat. There has always been terrorism. Boston was a criminal act. It was not about surveillance but good, old-fashioned police work. The police are very good at what they do."

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> Q: What about the Obama administration's protests about hacking by China?
> 
> A: "We hack everyone everywhere. We like to make a distinction between us and the others. But we are in almost every country in the world. We are not at war with these countries."


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