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“Holder of Secrets.” 54 she identified herself: Runa A. Sandvik, Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/sites /runasandvik/. 54 According to an anonymous: Andy Greenberg, “An NSA Coworker Remembers the Real Edward Snowden,” Forbes, Dec. 16, 2013. 54 “Without Tor” he later wrote: Twitter, https://twitter.com/snowden/

Aug. 14, 2013. 63 “I didn’t. You chose yourself”: Snowden’s e-mails to Poitras were extracted from her film Citizenfour and published in Wired. See Greenberg, “These Are the Emails Snowden Sent to First Introduce His Epic NSA Leaks.” 63 he wrote to Micah Lee: Lee’s involvement with Snowden, although known

wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections-politics /united-states-of-secrets/the-frontline-interview-barton-gellman/. 69 Poitras had requested help: Karen Greenberg, interview with the author. 7o Council on American-Islamic Relations: CAIR-NY Blog, “Glenn Greenwald Speaks at CAIR-NY Annual Banquet,” May 16, 2013

vidently did not want to expose himself to prosecution or defect from the NSA. That was Snowden’s role. By accepting the sole blame in the video that Poitras made about him in Hong Kong, Snowden shielded anyone else from suspicion, which was, as he told Poitras, his purpose. Whoever helped him may still be

“Mini Documentary Reveals Full Extent of ‘Stellarwind’ Domestic Spy Program,” Infowars, Aug. 28, 2012. 62 Poitras had other impressive credentials: “Laura Poitras: Secret No Longer,” New School News, Aug. 14, 2013. 63 “I didn’t. You chose yourself”: Snowden’s e-mails to Poitras were extracted from her film Cit

had met Gellman in 2010, when they were both fellows at NYU’s Center on Law and Security. Poitras had requested help in encrypting her computer from Karen Greenberg, the executive director of the center, who took her “by the hand” to meet Gellman, Greenberg’s resident expert on encryption software. Born in 1960,

had requested help in encrypting her computer from Karen Greenberg, the executive director of the center, who took her “by the hand” to meet Gellman, Greenberg’s resident expert on encryption software. Born in 1960, Gellman graduated from Princeton in 1981 and became an award- winning investigative reporter

en a year earlier, Unfortunately, that room was occupied, but I was given a nearby room that served my purpose. Snowden had told Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, the Guardian reporters he met in Hong Kong, that he had hidden out at the Mira hotel since his arrival in Hong Kong because he feared that the CIA m

t necessary), Bolivia, and Ecuador. Yet he did not apply for visas during this time period. Even as late as June 8, after meetings with Greenwald and Poitras, his name had still not been revealed, no criminal complaint had been issued against him, and there was no Interpol red alert for his deten- tion. He

film CitizenFour and published in Wired. See Andy Greenberg, “These Are the Emails Snowden Sent to First Intr

JhN_BzGc 12. ““T didn’t. You chose yourself.”—Snowden’s emails to Laura Poitras were extracted from her film CitizenFour and published in Wired. See Andy Greenberg, “These Are the Emails Snowden Sent to First Introduce His Epic NSA Leaks,” Wired, October 13, 2014 (Hereinafter Snowden Emails to Poitras.) 13. “He

ining. His motive was not money, as it was a lower- paying position. At the time, he made this choice he had already set up an encrypted channel with Laura Poitras for the purpose of sending her secret material. But he did not have to change jobs to send her secrets. So what was his purpose in making this fatefu

hed, before switching jobs Snowden had already taken most of the documents pertaining to the NSA’s domestic operations that he could have supplied to Poitras and Greenwald for whistle-blowing purposes. Indeed, while still at Dell, it will be recalled, he had he had told Poitras he had a copy of Presidentia