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As for labeling someone a whistleblower, I think it does them - it does all of us - a disservice, because it otherizes us.

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Edward Snowden
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 21
Computer Scientist
Dissident
Intelligence Analyst
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Security Guard
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Whistleblower
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Edward Joseph Snowden
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They are intent on making every conversation and every form of behaviour in the world known to them.
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People have to be free to investigate computer security. People have to be free to look for the vulnerabilities and create proof of concept code to show that they are true vulnerabilities in order for us to secure our systems.
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How do we preserve our civil rights, our traditions as a liberal democracy, in a time when government power is expanding and is more and more difficult to check?
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Ever since I've been here [in Russia], my life has been consumed with work that's actually fulfilling and satisfying.
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The work of a generation is beginning here, with your hearings, and you have the full measure of my gratitude and support.
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We have the right of revolution. Revolution does not always have to be weapons and warfare it's also about revolutionary ideas.
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We have to confront the reality of our world, and make the hard decisions about which way we want to move forward.
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Because, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.
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The government would assert that individuals who are aware of serious wrongdoing in the intelligence community should bring their concerns to the people most responsible for that wrongdoing, and rely on those people to correct the problems that those people themselves authorized.
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At the trial of Chelsea Manning, the government could point to no case of specific damage that had been caused by the massive revelation of classified information. The charges are a reaction to the government's embarrassment more than genuine concern about these activities, or they would substantiate what harms were done.
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If you seek to help, join the open source community and fight to keep the spirit of the press alive and the internet free. I have been to the darkest corners of government, and what they fear is light.
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I don't care if I end up in jail or Guantánamo or whatever, kicked out of a plane with two gunshots in the face. I did what I did because I believe it is the right thing to do, and I will continue to do that.
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When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer.
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I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant.
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Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded.
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There are proxies, proxy servers on the internet, and this is very typical for hackers to use. They create what are called proxy chains where they gain access to a number of different systems around the world, sometimes by hacking these, and they use them as sort of relay boxes.
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