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Snowden says whistleblower exile shouldn't stop others: 'I'm not an unhappy ending'
Source: The Guardian
Snowden says whistleblower exile shouldn't stop others: 'I'm not an unhappy ending'
Speaking at a conference Edward Snowden refused to be seen as a
warning sign to future leakers, saying of his time in Russia: ‘I am
actually more effective now’
Danny Yadron in San Francisco
Friday 1 April 2016 22.38 BST
It’s not hard to argue that Edward Snowden is a warning to future leakers of government secrets. He’s stuck in Russia. Can only show up at parties as a video screen. And many of the western surveillance programs he outed continue three years later.
But in a video interview on Friday at RightsCon, a technology conference in San Francisco focused on free speech, Snowden said that’s not how he sees it. That, he said, hopefully encourages more Snowden’s to come forward in the future.
“I don’t think I’m an unhappy ending. I don’t think this is this great deterrent,” he told the audience. “I’m actually more fulfilled now, more connected now and more effective now in my work.”
Whether or not Snowden, the former US spy agency contractor, is seen as having suffered for leaking troves of documents on classified programs to the Guardian, Washington Post and other outlets, is key for western authorities in deterring future cases.
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Speaking at a conference Edward Snowden refused to be seen as a
warning sign to future leakers, saying of his time in Russia: ‘I am
actually more effective now’
Danny Yadron in San Francisco
Friday 1 April 2016 22.38 BST
It’s not hard to argue that Edward Snowden is a warning to future leakers of government secrets. He’s stuck in Russia. Can only show up at parties as a video screen. And many of the western surveillance programs he outed continue three years later.
But in a video interview on Friday at RightsCon, a technology conference in San Francisco focused on free speech, Snowden said that’s not how he sees it. That, he said, hopefully encourages more Snowden’s to come forward in the future.
“I don’t think I’m an unhappy ending. I don’t think this is this great deterrent,” he told the audience. “I’m actually more fulfilled now, more connected now and more effective now in my work.”
Whether or not Snowden, the former US spy agency contractor, is seen as having suffered for leaking troves of documents on classified programs to the Guardian, Washington Post and other outlets, is key for western authorities in deterring future cases.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/01/edward-snowden-whistleblower-russia-exile
