Also: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/10/190320993/daniel-ellsberg-nsa-leaker-showed-battlefield-courage
- ferg On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote: It looks like Edward Snowden gets to join the ranks of Jesselyn > Radack, Thomas Drake, William Binney, Bradley Manning. Best of luck to > him.... > > > http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/10/190293209/who-is-edward-snowden-the-nsa-leaker > > Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant who has > of explosive leaks about was among "thousands upon thousands" of such > analysts hired to manage and sift through "huge amounts of data," > NPR's Tom Gjelten . > > He's "what we'd normally call a geek," Tom added. > > Indeed, about the young man who it says was behind last week's leaks > concerning National Security Agency programs that sweep up data on > phone calls and Internet activity. It paints a portrait of a mediocre > student with a GED degree who joined the Army in 2003, but was > discharged after breaking his legs in a training accident. Snowden > says he later wound up working with the CIA and then a contractor > because he's skilled at computer programming. > ... > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson fergdawgster(at)gmail.com
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