Where Snowden appears
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13 Nor did Snowden’s breach begin with him handing over classified documents to the Guardian reporters in Hong Kong in June 2013 or, for that matter, in the eleven days prior to his meeting with journalists in 2013. He had, as the NSA quic…
Contractor | 31 But Snowden found diversions in Japan. In July 2009, Lindsay Mills joined him there. She had become an amateur photographer, specializing in arty self-portraits. She also saw herself as a global tourist, writing in her blog…
…pite the near-perfect scores, the NSA did not offer him a Senior Executive Service job. “It was totally unrealistic for Snowden to expect to get an SES position,” a former senior NSA officer told me. Snowden’s ambitions might have been disa…
…nity association for the development, many of the residents worked at military facilities in the area. The corner house Snowden rented was comfortable enough, with three bedrooms, a walk-in closet, a living room with a high ceiling, and a s…
uding his contacts with Russian officials in Hong Kong, speak louder than his words. Snowden chose, if he had any choice left at all, the Russian option. Just as he believed Chinese intelligence could protect him in Hong Kong from the Unit…
…as far as is known, did not offer him sanctuary. According to one U.S diplomat, it may have already obtained copies of Snowden’s NSA files, and did not want the problem of having Snowden defect to Beijing. In any case, if it had not alread…
