Snowden: mass surveillance making us less safe
The former National Security Agency systems analyst, Edward
Snowden, said that the mass surveillance programs used by the United States to
tap into phone and internet connections around the world are making people less
safe. In short video clips posted by the WikiLeaks website on Friday, Snowden
said that the NSA's mass surveillance, which he disclosed before fleeing to
Russia, "puts us at risk of coming into conflict with our own
government." A U.S. court has charged Snowden with violating the Espionage
Act for disclosing those programs. Snowden said the U.S. government was
"unwilling to prosecute high officials who lied to Congress and the
country on camera, but they'll stop at nothing to persecute someone who told
them the truth."
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