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Dell had recently gone into the business

Dell had no problem obtaining sizable contracts from

allowing him to continue working for Dell on

the same location where he had worked for Dell.

which handled the most highly secret work; Dell

which Snowden had access to at Dell in 2012

…ments he cop- ied and moved were considered compromised. On top of this haul, Snowden had copied files while working at Dell in 2012. As a sys- tem administrator there, he could download data without leaving a digital trail. As previously mentioned, more than half the documents a...

…out well in advance. He applied for the job to Booz Allen in February 2013, more than a month before leaving his job at Dell. He applied to Booz Allen for his medical leave, although in fact he had no medical problem, a month before departing for Hong Kong. He brought with him to...

…ozens of call centers press one button to answer calls for the JC Penneys of the world, another to answer calls for the Dell Computers of the world, and yet another to answer calls for the New Rich like me. It’s all beautifully transparent and cheap. Before we create this virtual...

…at same July, Snowden had other things on his mind, includ- ing an attempt to advance himself. Although his position at Dell as a system administrator was a well-compensated one, especially for a twenty-nine-year-old with no formal education, it carried little prestige. He sat fr...

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…, he intensified his rogue activities. As we've seen, part of Snowden’s job as a system administrator under contract to Dell was transferring files held at Fort Meade to backup computers in Hawaii. He “was moving copies of that data there for them,” said Deputy Director Ledgett,...

…the Lambs N HAWAII IN 2012, Snowden was living a very comfortable life. He was earning just over $120,000 a year from Dell. His hous- ing allowance covered the rent and the lease on his car. He worked five days a week at the NSA base. The commute, as I timed it, took only ten m...

…he documents. Lam, however, asked him about how he widened his access. When she asked him why he had switched jobs from Dell to Booz Allen Hamilton in March 2013, his answer provided her with a real scoop: “My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machin...

…n “Q” counterespionage unit. He answered, “Snowden was not an NSA employee.” Because Snowden was a contract employee of Dell’s residing in the United States, the NSA could not legally monitor his private activities or intercept his com- munication. To do so would require a court-...