An NSA employee working through outside contractors is the man behind the NSA leak. A former technical assistant for the CIA and current Booz Allen Hamilton employee, 29-year-old Eric Snowden worked with The Guardian to release his identity today.
Though he publicly disclosed numerous confidential documents, Snowden tells The Guardian:
I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong . . . I don't want public attention [though] because I don't want the story to be about me. I want it to be about what the US government is doing.
Snowden did contract work for the NSA in Hawaii where he lived "comfortably" with his girlfriend on a salary of about $200,000. He gathered the documents for the leak three weeks ago and then took two weeks off from the NSA, ostensibly to seek treatment for his epilepsy. Next he prepared to leave for Hong Kong. Snowden told The Guardian that he barely had to explain the trip or its motives to his girlfriend because his work in intelligence often necessitates secrecy. Snowden has been in Hong Kong ever since, a location he selected for its climate of free speech advocacy and its potential ability to resist U.S. mandates.
Snowden is adamant that the leak and its consequences for him not overshadow the content
I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions . . . [but] 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.
Still Snowden seems resigned to the fact that there will be consequences and that his actions have totally altered the course of his life.
I think the sense of outrage that has been expressed is justified. It has given me hope that, no matter what happens to me, the outcome will be positive for America. I do not expect to see home again, though that is what I want.
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Source: http://gizmodo.com/heres-the-guy-who-spilled-the-beans-on-the-nsa-512187779
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