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Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden unveiled the far reach of US government spy agencies. Now he's enjoying life in Russia. Photo: Reuters

Moscow: Edward Snowden would like everyone - especially his critics - to know that he is happy with life in Russia. Happy, and also sober.

"They talk about Russia like it's the worst place on earth. Russia's great," the former NSA contractor told journalist James Bamford during an interview in Moscow for the PBS program NOVA,which released a transcript of the conversation Thursday.

During the interview, Snowden focused on a speech that former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden had given in which he predicted that Snowden would depressed and drunk.

"It was funny because he was talking about how I was - everybody in Russia is miserable. Russia is a terrible place," Snowden recalled, hat-tipping Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman's coverage of the September 2013 speech. "And I'm going to end up miserable and I'm going to be a drunk and I'm never going to do anything."

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Hayden's exact prediction during that speech was that Snowden would "end up like most of the rest of the defectors who went to the old Soviet Union: isolated, bored, lonely, depressed - and most of them ended up alcoholics."

But even after two Russian winters, vodka's siren song apparently has no sway over Snowden.

"I don't drink. I've never been drunk in my life," Snowden said.

Snowden has been living in Moscow for more than a year, ever since the Russian government gave him asylum after the US government revoked his passport, leaving him stranded at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.

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A sober Edward Snowden says life in Russia 'great'

United States whistleblower Edward Snowden has said in a response to people who think defectors who go to Russia end up drunk and isolated, that he was happy and that Russia was "great".

According to the Washington Post, Snowden said that he never drinks and that he has never been drunk in his life.

His statement came as a response to the former CIA director who said that Snowden would end up like most of the defectors who went to Russia, isolated, depressed and drunk.

Snowden has been living in Moscow since the Russian government offered him asylum more than one year ago.

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Edward Snowden responds to critics saying life in Russia is 'great'

MOSCOW Edward Snowden would like everyone especially his critics to know that he is happy with life in Russia. Happy, and also sober.

They talk about Russia like its the worst place on earth. Russia's great, the former NSA contractor told journalist James Bamford during an interview in Moscow for the PBS program "NOVA," which released a transcript of the conversation Thursday.

During the interview, Snowden focused on a speech that former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden had given in which he predicted that Snowden would depressed and drunk.

It was funny because he was talking about how I was everybody in Russia is miserable. Russia is a terrible place, Snowden recalled, hat-tipping Washington Post reporter Barton Gellmans coverage of the September 2013 speech. And Im going to end up miserable and Im going to be a drunk and Im never going to do anything.

Haydens exact prediction during that speech was that Snowden would end up like most of the rest of the defectors who went to the old Soviet Union: isolated, bored, lonely, depressed and most of them ended up alcoholics.

But even after two Russian winters, vodkas siren song apparently has no sway over Snowden.

I dont drink. Ive never been drunk in my life, Snowden said.

Snowden has been living in Moscow for more than a year, ever since the Russian government gave him asylum after the U.S. government revoked his passport, leaving him strandedatMoscows Sheremetyevo airport.

Snowden became the subject of an international manhunt after he revealed himself as the source of highly publicized leaks detailing previously unknown U.S. surveillance programs that led to articles in The Washington Post and the British newspaper the Guardian. He is wanted in the United States on theft and espionage charges.

Snowden, who is about six months into his three-year asylum term, has apparently been settling into life in Russia rather well. His exact whereabouts havent been publicized, but his girlfriend moved to Russia to be with him in July, according to the recent documentary Citizenfour."

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WorldViews: A sober Snowden deems life in Russia ‘great’

Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked data about government surveillance programs,has been far from quiet during his Russian exile.

In an interview with James Bamfordpublished Thursday by NOVA, Snowden said that when it came to cyber warfare, the United States has "more to lose than any other nation on earth." And he's not just talking about attacks on systems with obvious effects on the physical world, but the potential fallout of attacks aimed atcrippling the Internet itself.

When people conceptualize a cyber-attack, they do tend to think about parts of the critical infrastructure like power plants, water supplies, and similar sort of heavy infrastructure, critical infrastructure areas. And they could be hit, as long as theyre network connected, as long as they have some kind of systems that interact with them that could be manipulated from internet connection.

However, what we overlook and has a much greater value to us as a nation is the internet itself. The internet is critical infrastructure to the United States. We use the internet for every communication that businesses rely on every day. If an adversary didnt target our power plants but they did target the core routers, the backbones that tie our internet connections together, entire parts of the United States could be cut off. They could be shunted offline, and we would go dark in terms of our economy and our business for minutes, hours, days. That would have a tremendous impact on us as a society and it would have a policy backlash.

The United States is among the most digitally reliant nations out there, which opens up more avenues for cyberattacks. Having almost zero digital infrastructureturns out to be a pretty solid defense from this particular brand of assault -- it's hard to disrupt things that aren't connected to the Internet from the Internet. But it also means that what few digital connections an isolated nation might have likely lack resilience, as North Korea learned last month when its Internet access was disrupted.

Andrea Peterson covers technology policy for The Washington Post, with an emphasis on cybersecurity, consumer privacy, transparency, surveillance and open government.

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