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to his interview- ers, as a character in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 famously said, “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you.” Runa Sandvik, a close associate of Appelbaum’s, also worked tirelessly to extend Tor’s cloak of anonymity in the private sector against the surveillance of the NS
SA might not have been too happy about.” On November 18, 2012, while still working for Dell at the NSA, his dual role led him to begin organizing a “CryptoParty” aimed at finding new recruits for Tor. The CryptoParty movement had been started in 2012 by Asher Wolf, a radical hacktivist and anarchist liv- ing
May 20. Snowden was anything but discreet in his contacts with strang- ers in the anti-surveillance movement, including such well-known activists as Runa Sandvik (to whom he revealed his true name and address via e-mail), Micah Lee, Jacob Appelbaum, Parker Higgins, and Laura Poitras. “It is not statistically i
d Snowden’s antipathy to NSA surveillance. Cer- tainly, we know that Snowden found other NSA workers who were willing to attend his anti-surveillance CryptoParty in December 2012. Some might be willing to offer Snowden help if he was willing to go public. Indeed, if the geek culture produced one Snowden, why w
wden himself overly discreet. It will be recalled that he had also advertised his Tor-sponsored CryptoParty activities over the Internet and supplied Runa Sandvik, who worked with Appel- baum, his true name and address in Hawaii. Sandvik had no reason not to share the identity of her co-presenter with others in
to keep tabs on possible NSA dissidents. Nor was Snowden himself overly discreet. It will be recalled that he had also advertised his Tor-sponsored CryptoParty activities over the Internet and supplied Runa Sandvik, who worked with Appel- baum, his true name and address in Hawaii. Sandvik had no reason not t
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Barack Obama
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George W. Bush
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Assange
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Glenn Greenwald
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Laura Poitras
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WikiLeaks
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Department of Justice
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Bill Clinton
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Oliver Stone
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Hawaii
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United States
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Edward Snowden
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Jacob Appelbaum
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Woody Allen
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Mitch McConnell
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Micah Lee
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Barton Gellman
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Ecuador
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