Edward Snowden ‘trained as a spy’ and rejects claims he was a low-level hacker

In his first ever interview with a U.S. TV network, the NSA whistlebower said many of the terms used to describe him were 'misleading' Snowden said, he 'developed sources and methods for keeping our information and people secure in the most hostile environments' A one-hour interview with NBC will air on Wednesday night Nightly News anchor Brian Williams travelled to Moscow to meet him

By David Mccormack

Published: 21:50 EST, 27 May 2014 | Updated: 01:40 EST, 28 May 2014

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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has hit back at claims made by the Obama administration that he was merely a low-level hacker and has claimed that he worked undercover for both the CIA and the National Security Agency.

I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word, in that I lived and worked undercover overseas - pretending to work in a job that I'm not - and even being assigned a name that was not mine, he told NBC News in his first interview with a U.S. TV network.

Snowden, who was granted temporary asylum in Russia after revealing details of U.S. spying activities to journalists, portrayed himself as a technical specialist... a technical expert.

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