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thing more than a temporary stopover on his escape route. Two months later and safely in Moscow, he made this point clear in a lengthy interview with Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guard- ian. He told him that it had never been part of his plan to use Hong Kong to escape the legal consequences of his act. “The
When two NSA analysts, William Martin and Bernon Mitchell, defected to Russia in the 1960s and accused the
Nation, in 2014. He had already discussed the likelihood of his being captured in Ecuador with Assange before his departure for Moscow. He later told Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian, that he considered himself at risk in Latin America. So why would Snowden, who told Greenwald that his “first priority”
defectors denounced the NSA’s activities. Martin told how the NSA breached interna- tional laws by spying on Germany, Britain, and other NATO allies. Mitchell, for his part, suggested that the NSA’s practice of break- ing international laws could ignite a nuclear war. Indeed, he justi- fied their joint defe
rking for a private contractor at the time. Snowden had little concern about misleading journalists when it suited his purpose. For example, he told Alan Rusbridger of the Guardian, Brian Williams of NBC News, James Bamford of Wired Magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel of the Nation, Barton Gellman of the Washington P
When two NSA analysts, William Martin and Bernon Mitchell, defected to Russia in the 1960s and accused the
n his escape route. Two later months later and safely in Moscow, he made this point HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020260 109 clear in a lengthily interview with Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the Guardian. He told him that it never had been part of his plan to use Hong Kong to escape the legal consequences of his act. “The p
proceeded to denounce the NSA’s activities. Martin told how the NSA breached international laws by spying on Germany, Britain and other NATO allies. Mitchell, for his part, suggested that the NSA’s practice of breaking international laws could ignite a nuclear war. Indeed, he justified their joint defectio
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