RUSH: If We Got A Drone Anywhere Near Edward Snowden, Obama #39;s Got His Finger On The Trigger
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In "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man," award-winning Guardian scribe Luke Harding recounts the incredible story of Snowden - from the day he left his glamorous girlfriend in Honolulu carrying a hard drive full of secrets, to the weeks of his secret-spilling in Hong Kong, to his battle for asylum and his exile in Moscow.
Harding brings together the many sources and strands of the story - touching on everything from concerns about domestic spying to the complicity of the tech sector - while also placing the reader in the room with Snowden himself.
"As a spy, one of his jobs had been to defend American secrets from Chinese attack. He knew the capabilities of America's foes.
Snowden made clear repeatedly that he didn't want to damage US intelligence operations abroad," he writes.
"I had access to full rosters of anybody working at the NSA. The entire intelligence community and undercover assets around the world. The locations of every station we have, all of their missions... If I just wanted to damage the US I could have shut down the surveillance system in an afternoon. That was never my intention," the book, published by Guardian Faber, quotes Snowden as saying.
He puts it in even more vivid terms, when subsequently accused of treachery, "Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace, petting a phoenix, by now."
According to the author, during the days of debriefing in Hong Kong, Snowden said citizens in countries that recognised whistleblowing and public-interest reporting had a right to know what was going on.
He wanted the Guardian and other media partners to filter out anything that was operational and might damage legitimate intelligence activities. These were his conditions and all agreed.
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'Snowden was Apprehensive of Foreign Forces Seeking his Files': Report
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In "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man," award-winning Guardian scribe Luke Harding recounts the incredible story of Snowden - from the day he left his glamorous girlfriend in Honolulu carrying a hard drive full of secrets, to the weeks of his secret-spilling in Hong Kong, to his battle for asylum and his exile in Moscow.
Harding brings together the many sources and strands of the story - touching on everything from concerns about domestic spying to the complicity of the tech sector - while also placing the reader in the room with Snowden himself.
"As a spy, one of his jobs had been to defend American secrets from Chinese attack. He knew the capabilities of America's foes.
Snowden made clear repeatedly that he didn't want to damage US intelligence operations abroad," he writes.
"I had access to full rosters of anybody working at the NSA. The entire intelligence community and undercover assets around the world. The locations of every station we have, all of their missions... If I just wanted to damage the US I could have shut down the surveillance system in an afternoon. That was never my intention," the book, published by Guardian Faber, quotes Snowden as saying.
He puts it in even more vivid terms, when subsequently accused of treachery, "Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace, petting a phoenix, by now."
According to the author, during the days of debriefing in Hong Kong, Snowden said citizens in countries that recognised whistleblowing and public-interest reporting had a right to know what was going on.
He wanted the Guardian and other media partners to filter out anything that was operational and might damage legitimate intelligence activities. These were his conditions and all agreed.
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'Snowden was Apprehensive of Foreign Forces Seeking his Files'
Edward Snowden was alert to the possibility that foreign intelligence services would seek his files, and was determined to prevent this, says a book that tells the story of the man behind the biggest intelligence leak in history.
In The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man, award-winning Guardian scribe Luke Harding recounts the incredible story of Snowden - from the day he left his glamorous girlfriend in Honolulu, carrying a hard drive full of secrets, to the weeks of his secret-spilling in Hong Kong, to his battle for asylum and his exile in Moscow.
Harding brings together the many sources and strands of the story - touching on everything from concerns about domestic spying to the complicity of the tech sector - while also placing the reader in the room with Snowden himself.
"As a spy, one of his jobs had been to defend American secrets from Chinese attack. He knew the capabilities of America's foes. Snowden made clear repeatedly that he didn't want to damage US intelligence operations abroad," he writes.
"I had access to full rosters of anybody working at the NSA. The entire intelligence community and undercover assets around the world. The locations of every station we have, all of their missionsIf I just wanted to damage the US I could have shut down the surveillance system in an afternoon. That was never my intention," the book, published by Guardian Faber, quotes Snowden as saying.
He puts it in even more vivid terms, when subsequently accused of treachery, "Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace, petting a phoenix, by now."
According to the author, during the days of debriefing in Hong Kong, Snowden said citizens in countries that recognised whistle blowing and public-interest reporting had a right to know what was going on. He wanted the Guardian and other media partners to filter out anything that was operational and might damage legitimate intelligence activities. These were his conditions and all agreed.
Snowden, a former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor who fled the US after leaking details of the American government's spy programmes, was granted temporary asylum in Russia last year.
He had broad access to the NSA's complete files as he was working as a technology contractor for the omnipresent US eavesdropping body in Hawaii, helping to manage the agencys computer systems in an outpost that focused on China and North Korea.
According to Alan Rusbridger, Editor-in-chief, Guardian, what Snowden revealed is important and his files show that the methods of the intelligence agencies that carry out electronic eavesdropping have spiralled out of control, largely thanks to the political panic in the US which followed the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
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Book on Snowden Narrates Ex-CIA Man's Incredible Tale
Edward Snowden was alert to the possibility that foreign intelligence services would seek his files, and was determined to prevent this, says a book that tells the story of the man behind the biggest intelligence leak in history.
In "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man," award-winning Guardian scribe Luke Harding recounts the incredible story of Snowden - from the day he left his glamorous girlfriend in Honolulu carrying a hard drive full of secrets, to the weeks of his secret-spilling in Hong Kong, to his battle for asylum and his exile in Moscow.
Harding brings together the many sources and strands of the story - touching on everything from concerns about domestic spying to the complicity of the tech sector - while also placing the reader in the room with Snowden himself.
"As a spy, one of his jobs had been to defend American secrets from Chinese attack. He knew the capabilities of America's foes. Snowden made clear repeatedly that he didn't want to damage US intelligence operations abroad," he writes.
"I had access to full rosters of anybody working at the NSA. The entire intelligence community and undercover assets around the world. The locations of every station we have, all of their missions If I just wanted to damage the US I could have shut down the surveillance system in an afternoon. That was never my intention," the book, published by Guardian Faber, quotes Snowden as saying.
He puts it in even more vivid terms, when subsequently accused of treachery, "Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace, petting a phoenix, by now." According to the author, during the days of debriefing in Hong Kong, Snowden said citizens in countries that recognised whistleblowing and public-interest reporting had a right to know what was going on. He wanted the Guardian and other media partners to filter out anything that was operational and might damage legitimate intelligence activities. These were his conditions and all agreed.
Snowden, a former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor who fled the US after leaking details of the American government's spy programs, was granted temporary asylum in Russia last year.
He had broad access to the NSA's complete files as he was working as a technology contractor for the omnivorous US eavesdropping body in Hawaii, helping to manage the agencys computer systems in an outpost that focuses on China and North Korea. According to Alan Rusbridger, Editor-in-chief, Guardian, what Snowden revealed is important and his files show that the methods of the intelligence agencies that carry out electronic eavesdropping have spiralled out of control, largely thanks to the political panic in the US which followed the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
"His skills are unprecedented. Until the present generation of computer nerds came along, no one realised it was possible to make off with the electronic equivalent of whole libraries full of triple-locked filing cabinets and safes thousands of documents and millions of words. "His motives are remarkable. Snowden set out to expose the true behaviour of the US National Security Agency and its allies," writes Rusbridger in the foreword.
The book also says how Snowden had an unsuccessful stint with the US military. "His spell in the US military was a disaster. Snowden was in good physical shape but an improbable soldier. He was short-sighted, with -6.50/-6.25 vision. He also had unusually narrow feet," Harding describes.
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Tony DeTora On NSA Spying and 4th Amendment
Tony is asked about the NSA spying scandal and his thoughts on privacy and the 4th amendment.
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Cisco Systems' CEO John Chambers has written to U.S. President Barack Obama, asking for his intervention so that U.S. technology sales are not affected by a loss in trust as a result of reports of surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency.
The letter follows reports that even as the U.S. warned customers that Chinese networking equipment may be used to spy on them, the NSA physically intercepted routers, servers and other network equipment to plant surveillance tools before repackaging the devices with a factory seal and sending the products to international customers.
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"We simply cannot operate this way, our customers trust us to be able to deliver to their doorsteps products that meet the highest standards of integrity and security," Chambers wrote in the letter to Obama, dated May 15, which was published by news website Re/code. "We understand the real and significant threats that exist in this world, but we must also respect the industry's relationship of trust with our customers."
A Cisco spokesman confirmed Sunday that the letter had been sent to Obama.
Referring to the reports, including a photograph of what appeared to be a Cisco package being tampered with, Chambers said if the allegations are true, the actions will weaken confidence in the ability of technology companies to deliver products worldwide.
Chambers asked the Obama administration to take a leadership role and ensure that guidelines and reforms are put into place that "can be honored across the globe."
Referring to the reports that IT products including from Cisco were being compromised on their way to customers, Cisco's General Counsel Mark Chandler wrote in a blog post last week that the company complies with U.S. laws, like those of many other countries, which limit exports to certain customers and destinations.
"We ought to be able to count on the government to then not interfere with the lawful delivery of our products in the form in which we have manufactured them," he added.
In December, eight top technology companies including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yahoo called for the reform around the world of government surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead. Some Internet companies were charged in disclosures last year by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden of providing to the NSA real-time access to contents on their servers, which the companies denied. There were also reports that the agency was tapping into communications links between the data centers of Yahoo and Google.
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Cisco CEO tells Obama: NSA spying impacts technology sales
IDG News Service - Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers has written to U.S. President Barack Obama, asking for his intervention so that U.S. technology sales are not affected by a loss in trust as a result of reports of surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency.
The letter follows reports that even as the U.S. warned customers that Chinese networking equipment may be used to spy on them, the NSA physically intercepted routers, servers and other network equipment to plant surveillance tools before repackaging the devices with a factory seal and sending the products to international customers.
"We simply cannot operate this way, our customers trust us to be able to deliver to their doorsteps products that meet the highest standards of integrity and security," Chambers wrote in the letter to Obama, dated May 15, which was published by news website Re/code. "We understand the real and significant threats that exist in this world, but we must also respect the industry's relationship of trust with our customers."
A Cisco spokesman confirmed Sunday that the letter had been sent to Obama.
Referring to the reports, including a photograph of what appeared to be a Cisco package being tampered with, Chambers said if the allegations are true, the actions will weaken confidence in the ability of technology companies to deliver products worldwide.
Chambers asked the Obama administration to take a leadership role and ensure that guidelines and reforms are put into place that "can be honored across the globe."
Referring to the reports that IT products including from Cisco were being compromised on their way to customers, Cisco's General Counsel Mark Chandler wrote in a blog post last week that the company complies with U.S. laws, like those of many other countries, which limit exports to certain customers and destinations.
"We ought to be able to count on the government to then not interfere with the lawful delivery of our products in the form in which we have manufactured them," he added.
In December, eight top technology companies including Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yahoo called for the reform around the world of government surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead. Some Internet companies were charged in disclosures last year by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden of providing to the NSA real-time access to contents on their servers, which the companies denied. There were also reports that the agency was tapping into communications links between the data centers of Yahoo and Google.
Following the controversy surrounding Snowden's various disclosures about NSA surveillance, Obama announced in January some changes in the surveillance by the NSA, including in the controversial collection by the agency of phone metadata of U.S. citizens. He also called for new transparency and oversight into U.S. surveillance programs, privacy protections for foreigners, and promised to stop surveillance of leaders of allied countries except if there was a significant national security justification.
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