(RT) NSA Holds Info Over US Citizens Like Loaded Gun, But Says ‘Trust Me’ – Snowden
Published time: April 06, 2015 16:37
The National Security Agency has a gun aimed at the head of each and every United States citizen, Edward Snowden says in a new interview, as Americans are being asked to accept the NSA’s vast surveillance operations in the name of counterterrorism.
The NSA contractor turned leaker says that Americans shouldn’t have to adopt new habits in order to evade government surveillance — nor should anyone stop sharing their personal, x-rated images.
Snowden, the former NSA analyst attributed with facilitating one of the biggest intelligence leaks in United States history, told talk show host John Oliver that revelations about the NSA’s spy programs shouldn’t stifle free expression.
“The NSA has the greatest surveillance capabilities that we have ever seen in history,” Snowden told Oliver during an interview that aired on the comedian’s Sunday evening episode of “Last Week Tonight.”
“Now what they will argue is that they don’t use this for nefarious purposes against American citizens. In some ways that’s true. But the real problem is that they’re using these capabilities to make us vulnerable to them and then saying, well, ‘I have gun pointed at your head. I’m not going to pull the trigger. Trust me.’”
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