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The following is a
dramatisation of actual events

that occurred between
2004 and 2013.

- So?
- It's the only alligator.

Four minutes past, we walk in one
minute. He was clear on that.

He's coming.

You know? He's too young to
have that kind of access.

Ah... what time does
the restaurant open?

Noon.

But the food's a little
too spicy. This way.

HONG KONG MONDAY JUNE 3, 2013

- Excuse me.
- Huh.

Thank you.

Right here.

PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB

It's really great to
finally meet you guys.

So first thing, can I get
your cellphones please?

Thank you. We want Laura to
be the only one recording.

Right, as discussed. Thank you.

I actually bought this. It
blocks UHF frequencies.

You have been photographed
before, right?

Yeah, it's been a while since
anybody took a photo of me.

Try thinking of this
as your friend.

Take your time.

Can you start by telling us
why you did what you did?

And how you gained access
to such a vast amount of

information. All of which I
read on the plane, and...

Glenn. How about we just
start with your name?

My name is Edward Joseph Snowden.

I'm 29 years old. I work as a
private contractor for the NSA.

I've also worked as a
private contractor

for the CIA and directly
for the agency.

I've worked in various jobs in the

intelligence industry for
the last nine years.

I've been a systems engineer.

Been a solutions consultant

and senior adviser for the
Central Intelligence Agency.

- Rangers...
- Rangers...

- Rangers...
- Rangers...

- So you wanna be Special Forces?
- Sir, yes, sir.

I think Special Forces would be
ashamed to call you soldiers.

- Am I right?
- Sir, no, sir.

Your left. Your left
right. Your left.

- Went from driving Cadillacs.
- Went from driving Cadillacs.

- To driving convoys in Iraq.
- To driving convoys in Iraq.

Move it, soldier.

Go. Go. Move now.

Move. You better get going.

Pick it up, you waste
of space. Let's move.

Come on, soldier.

Come on, goggles.

Snowden, what the
hell are you doing?

Nothing, sir.

- Where's your fucking heart?
- Right here, sir.

Now I want you reach way
down in that pathetic

excuse of a chest
and you rip it out.

You find your heart,
and then you get

your broke ass on my
tower. You got that?

- Sir, yes, sir.
- Now get the fuck outta my face.

I need you off my tower,
gentlemen. Let's move.

Move. Come on.

Rise and shine maggots.
Get your hands off your

dicks and get the fuck
out of my barracks.

You guys got one minute.
Fall out. Move, move, move.

Get the hell out here. Get
the hell out of my barracks.

Move it. Keep moving.

Let's go. All right, gentlemen.

- Harrison?
- Here.

- Carson?
- Here.

- Ramirez?
- Here.

Fuck.

- Pierce?
- Here.

- Coulson?
- Help.

Snowden? Where the
fuck is Snowden?

Help.

You know, you've been
walking around on two

broken legs, best I
can tell, for weeks.

Now, this is what
happens when you put a

80 pound rucksack on
a 150 pound body.

You get these little
stress fractures.

- Easy.
- Sorry.

They build up in your
tibias. You don't get

off them and eventually
they just bust.

Now you gonna be here for a
few weeks, and then, I'd

count on another eight
weeks or so on crutches.

Okay, then when do I go back?

Son, you ever again land
on those legs of yours,

airborne or not, those
bones turn to powder.

I'm gonna authorise an
administrative discharge.

Plenty of other ways
to serve your country.

GEEK-MATE.COM NEW MESSAGE

"Ghost in the Shell" is
also one of my favourites.

Are you this pale in real life?

Have you committed a crime for
which you weren't caught?

No.

Have you cheated on an exam?

No.

Do you believe the
United States is

the greatest country in the world?

Yes.

Why do you want to join the CIA?

How would you explain the
internet to a child?

Your granddad retired as an
Admiral and joined the FBI.

Dad's in the Coast
Guard. 30-year man.

What has been the most
important day in your life?

9/11. We thought my grandfather
was inside the Pentagon.

It turned out he was
off-site that day.

- You wanted to be Special Forces?
- Yes, sir. I love their motto.

De oppresso liber.

Is that what you
hope to do with us?

Free people from oppression?

I'd like to help my country
make a difference in the world.

The internet is a technology

that has the power to let everyone

in the world
understand each other.

Missed a perfect score on the
ASVAB test by a single question.

Crushed the language
learning test.

Some Mandarin, some Japanese.

And no high school diploma? So why

did you stop attending
high school?

I had to make money. My parents
were divorcing at the time.

- Any other influences?
- I'd say Joseph Campbell.

Star Wars. Thoreau.

Ayn Rand.

"One man can stop the
motor of the world."

- Atlas Shrugged?
- Yes, sir. I believe that.

Let's try again. Why do
you want to join the CIA?

Well frankly, sir...

sounds really cool to have
top security clearance.

It's not enough.

Ordinarily. But these
are not ordinary times.

Bombs won't stop
terrorism, brains will,

though we don't have
nearly enough of those.

I'm gonna give you
a shot, Snowden.

Thank you, sir. Thank you very
much. You won't regret this.

My name is Corbin
O'Brian. I have many

titles, among them
senior instructor.

You'll be joining my
class at The Hill.

Stop the vehicle.
Turn off the engine.

I need to see your ID.

Alright. Using your left
hand only, pop the trunk.

Now place your hands through the
steering wheel on the dashboard.

Through the steering wheel on the

dashboard. Do not
exit the vehicle.

CIA TRAINING CENTRE,
VIRGINIA "THE HILL," 2006

Excuse me. You'll be looking
for Corbin's class; end of

the hall, keep going through
the second set of doors.

- Thank you. Is that, ENIGMA?
- No. ENIGMA was broken.

This is the follow-up,
SIGABA; never broken.

Cold War's greatest
encryption machine.

Tides of history tick with
this motor and these rotors.

One day everyone's gonna
want a machine like this.

Wow, I've always wanted to learn
cryptography. What's this one?

Hot line. First line between
Washington and Moscow.

Probably prevented World War III.

You gotta name? How do I
know you're not the enemy?

- Oh sorry, Snowden. Ed Snowden.
- Hank Forrester.

Where'd you study, Snowden?
Mostly I'm self-taught.

You can tell me if you're
busy, but is that a Cray-1?

Why yes. Yes, it is. The
first supercomputer.

We get all of this
on a cell phone now.

Yes. So you're an engineer?

Am I an engineer? Instructor
and counsellor, too.

I'm supposed to keep
an eye on you CTs.

Make sure you don't
buckle under the

pressure. Turn to drugs and booze.

Well, you won't have that problem

with me. I don't
drink or do drugs.

- What is your sin of choice?
- Computers.

Well, then, Snowden, you've come
to the right little whorehouse.

The front lines in
the global war on

terror are not Iraq
or Afghanistan.

They're here.

In London. Berlin.

Istanbul.

Any server. Any connection.

The modern battlefield
is everywhere.

Which means you don't
have to sit in a

ditch eating MREs or
dodging mortar fire.

It means that if there
is a another 9/11

it'll be your fault.

Just as the last one
was my generation's.

Believe me, you do not want
to live with that burden.

We're gonna start with
an aptitude test.

Each of you is gonna
build a covert

communications network
in your home city.

You're gonna deploy
it, back up your

site, destroy it and
restore it again.

Point of this exercise
is to keep your

infrastructure up and
running securely.

The average test time
is five hours. If

you take more than
eight, you will fail.

Mr O'Brian?

I'm done, sir.

You don't have to tell me when
you've completed a stage.

- No, I finished the whole thing.
- It's been 40 minutes.

- 38.
- What?

38 minutes.

Okay. Let's see where
you screwed up.

You didn't say we had to
do it in order, so I...

I broke the sequence to
save time, and I made

the backup process to run
as I built the site.

Eyes on screens.

Mr O'Brian?

- So, what should I do now?
- Whatever you want.

Are you this pale in real life?

- Hey.
- Hi.

- Finally.
- Yeah.

Sorry.

- Do you want... anything?
- No. Let's go for a walk.

You could use some sun.

Yeah. You mentioned that earlier.

Sorry it took me this long. You
didn't want to see me on crutches.

I was not so agile. And
then this new job hit.

What was it you're doing again?

I'm doing analysis for
the State Department.

- Congratulations.
- Thanks.

Could you do me a
favour and point in

the direction of the
State Department?

- Yeah, it's that way.
- Where? Are you sure?

I mean, I'm not that great
at orienting myself.

Not that great at lying either.

You're going to have to work
on both if you wanna be a spy.

Where I came from
everyone's parent

worked for the State Department.

Plus, every time you visited
my website this week,

which was quite often, it
was from an IP in Virginia.

- You know how to run an IP trace?
- Yeah.

I'm pretty sure that the State

Department has no
offices in Virginia.

- Alright, let's see you strut it.
- Let's see what?

Let's see you strut
it. Show what you

got, you know, your best catwalk.

Don't be shy. Come
on, you got this.

I don't know...

No to Bush, no to bombs.
No to Bush, no to bombs.

Would you mind signing
our petition, please?

Yes, absolutely.

- Thank you.
- Thank you so much.

- Sir?
- No thank you.

Excuse me ma'am, you
you like to sign?

- I actually just signed.
- Okay, thank you very much.

Too much independent
spirit for you?

No, I just don't really
like bashing my country.

It's my country too, and right
now it has blood on its hands.

Sorry, I just have friends who
are over there right now.

I'm not talking about
the troops, I'm talking

about the moron
sending them to war.

You mean our commander in chief?

Yeah. Whatever you wanna
call him, he's still wrong.

How do you know he's wrong?
You're just lashing out.

No, I'm not lashing out. I'm
questioning our government.

That's what we do in
this country. That's

the principle that
we're founded on.

Okay, but how about questioning
the liberal media?

You're just buying into
what one side is saying.

Maybe I am. Because
my side is right.

See that's funny, because
my side is right.

- Oh really?
- Yeah.

Why is it smart conservatives
always make me so mad?

Probably because you don't
like hearing the truth.

You're a very frustrating
individual. You know that?

- How am I gonna make you see.
- I can see just fine, thank you.

That help at all?

Nope, that did nothing for
me. Tastes like liberal.

Not my thing.

"Bush lets us spy on
callers without courts."

Is it Constitutional
to bypass the courts?

No. The fourth amendment prevents

searches and seizures
without a warrant.

That's absolutely right,
Rio. Which means,

your commander in
chief, the President of

the United States is
breaking the law.

That is what you're
saying, isn't that, Rio?

Well, I guess it depends
on... who you talk to.

And if you talk to journalists?

Who, more often than
not, don't have the

full picture or
neglect to report it.

You've only got a partial truth.

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act. The FISA court.

We do respect the fourth
amendment in this country.

We issue warrants
based on suspicion.

But sometimes these warrants have
to be issued by secret courts.

So we don't alert the
suspect we're spying on.

And these court proceedings are

classified, which
means, surprise...

They don't appear in papers
such as the New York Times.

- Did you see my test scores?
- Yes. Top of my class, like you.

- Here?
- NSA.

They liked me plenty. They put
me on all the best teams.

Soviet Frontier. Desert Storm.
And then the big new challenge.

Find the terrorists
in the internet

haystack. Helluva haystack.

Hundreds of terabytes
a minute. I mean, it

would take you 400 years
to read the e-mails.

And then you have to
analyse them. Sometimes

the more you look,
the less you see.

- What'd you come up with?
- Something beautiful. In house...

for three million
dollars. A program

that could differentiate
between foreign

and domestic...

Encrypt every single
we weren't targeting,

so that it would remain private.

It was elegant, streamlined. It
was the best work I ever did.

Take a seat.

What was it called?

Ed, rising to the top in our world

can sometimes be hard on a man.

I mean, you think
you're making strides.

You think you're
taking the initiative.

And then the next minute, they
grind your work out of existence.

- They didn't use it? Why not?
- Well, they never tell you why.

Two years later, after 9/11,

a friend of mine
tells me about this

new contractor program
they're using.

Cost four billion dollars to
deploy; modelled after mine.

But with no filters,
no automation.

Ingested everything.
They were drowning

in data. It was a
fucking disaster.

But there must have been some
bigger picture, right? I mean,

spending that kind of
money. They're not stupid.

You would think intelligence
would count for

something in the
intelligence business.

But you want to
know what it really

is? What really sets the agenda?

Military industrial
happiness management.

You keep the coffers
open in Congress, you

keep the money flowing
to the contractors.

Efficiency, results,
they go out the window.

Not to mention...

- Well, you're late for class.
- Okay, thank you.

- Oh, can I take another one?
- Sure.

Did you ever say
anything to anybody?

Yeah, I went to legal.
We filed complaints.

Now here I am, tucked
away, teaching you.

Maybe that's more important in the
long run. You're getting better.

My favourite spot on campus.

Do you hunt, Ed?

Just some skeet
shooting with my dad a

few times, but I
never went hunting.

- We'll go one day.
- That'd be great.

Mr O'Brian, can I
ask you a question?

How about just calling me Corbin?

Okay. Thank you, sir. Corbin.

I was talking with Hank
Forrester, and I wanted to know

are all of our SIGINT programs
specifically targeted?

Of course. What good would
they be if they weren't?

Yeah, I don't know.

- Do you have a girlfriend, Ed?
- Nothing serious.

- What's her name?
- Lindsay.

She going with you?

No, I wouldn't want to
put her in any danger.

Well, you don't have to. We're not
sending you to the Middle East.

Sir, I'm your best student.
Doesn't that count for something?

In 20 years, Iraq'll be a
hell-hole nobody cares about.

Terrorism's a short-term threat.

The real threats will come
from China, Russia, Iran.

And they'll come as SQL
injections and malware.

Without minds like
yours, this country

will be torn apart in cyberspace.

I don't wanna risk
losing you for some

horse shit war over sand and oil.

Sir, I'm surprised to
hear you say that.

You don't have to agree with your
politicians to be a patriot.

- Sir, where are you sending me?
- Take a moment. Enjoy the view.

HONG KONG TUESDAY, June 4, 2013

This is Laura.

- Hello.
- Hello, nice to meet you.

Ewen MacAskill from the Guardian.
It's nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you, too.

If you don't mind, I'd
like to record some...

Ah.

- Cell phones go in the microwave.
- Dare I ask why?

We'll get to that after
you ask your questions.

Before we get on to the story,
I need to know more about you.

Like, your career, by a
glance account, is very

varied, but the Guardian
needs evidence...

Yeah, this is my diplomatic
passport for friendly countries.

My tourist passports
for everywhere

else. You can check
the visa stamps.

My NSA badge with Booz Allen.
My CIA badge with Dell.

And this is my DIA
instructor's badge.

This is a photo of me
with Michael Hayden,

the former head of
the NSA and the CIA.

When can you publish?

- Ok, do you mind if I sit down?
- No, please.

Glenn says, you want to
tell people your identity.

How do you think your
government is going to react?

Well, they'll charge me
under the espionage act.

And they'll say I endangered
national security.

They'll demonise me, and
my friends and family.

And they'll throw me in jail.
That's the best case scenario.

And the worst?

Well, if I don't have
any media cover,

then I'll be rendered by the CIA

and interrogated
outside of the law.

They have a station
right up the street.

But how would they
know what you did?

Because I left a
digital footprint in

my logs. So they'll figure it out.

I did not want a manhunt. I know

what they would do
to my colleagues.

Look, Mr MacAskill, this is not
about money or anything for me.

There's no hidden agenda. I
just wanted to get this data

to established journalists
like yourselves

so that you can present it to the
world, and the people can decide.

Either I'm wrong

or there's something
going on inside

the government,
that's really wrong.

So...

This one is everything
I have on your

British Intelligence
agency, the GCHQ.

The encryption key will follow.

You're gonna want your technical
people at the Guardian to

look through that thoroughly.
There's a lot of stuff there.

Listen, they're gonna
investigate, and

they're gonna figure
out what I've done.

And then they're
gonna come for me.

And now that we've made contact,

they're gonna come
for all of you, too.

Do you mind if I go
look in the microwave?

THE GUARDIAN US NEW YORK OFFICE

- Ewen, I'm on with Stuart.
- How are you, Ewen?

Hi, Stuart. Look
I've got one thing

to say. The Guinness
here is great.

Wonderful.

- Absolutely the genuine article.
- Good.

But shockingly different
from what you expect.

So, now we have the
lawyers to deal

with and no doubt the White House.

- I got the go ahead.
- That's great.

Good, let's get started.
We have a lot to

go through here and
it's not easy reading.

We can start by showing
him XKeyscore.

Good idea. Can you bring it up
again and walk us through it?

Yeah.

- Do we all get under there now?
- He's protecting his passwords.

Okay, so...

This was introduced
during my first

deployment at the CIA in Geneva.

XKeyscore. What does that do?

It's like a search interface.

- What does it search for?
- Anything you want.

What was your
assignment in Geneva?

Well, I was assigned
with diplomatic

cover to the UN mission to

maintain the CIA's
computer security network.

I spent almost two years
around CIA field officers.

I'm sorry, sir, I
don't understand.

Sherman says you hacked
the Human Resources site.

Yeah, it's my job to find flaws.

The security of the
HR site is not your

problem. You went
outside the wheelhouse.

Okay, but just to
clarify, I did not hack.

I showed that it could be hacked.
You told me to find a patch.

- Do you have that in writing?
- Yes, I do.

Remember, I sent you
the proof of concept.

Doesn't matter what you did,
Snowden, right or wrong,

you need to let these things
be someone else's problem.

He's also put a
derog in your file.

Excuse me?

Let that be a lesson. I
don't want him calling

me again about another
Ed Snowden moment. Okay?

Why don't you take
it easy the rest of

the day. Go work on
the scrubbing pile?

That didn't look
like it went well.

Hey man, yeah.

No, I just got a derog
for doing my job.

Politics, man. Culture
of fear wins again.

I can't get anything done here.

Hey what about that idea that
we've been talking about?

I'm working on it.

I'm waiting for a callback
from our friend at The Hill.

Corbin? You called Corbin? Do you
think he could do something?

We'll see. Maybe some limited
field ops under my supervision.

Yes, that would be
amazing, I would love...

Easy, Ed.

I've gotta see a cleric in
Milan. We'll talk after.

Okay. Thank you.

Damn, CIA does not like
to leave a trace, huh?

Can I help you?

Ever been curious
to check one out?

See what crazy ass
covert kill mission

you might be erasing from history?

- I'm sorry, who are you with?
- No Such Agency.

I'm Gabriel Sol. I'm
the 50 pound brain

from the council of
wizards and warlocks.

Excuse me?

Give me your intel
for Bucharest, dude.

Oh. Unless there's
another Dave Churchyard.

No, that's me. Right this way.

- I'll be right outside.
- You stay if you want.

No, I don't have authorisation
to use NSA programs.

If you're the messenger to
Bucharest, you must have

PRIVAC clearance to see
the finished intel, yes?

Yeah.

So what difference does it make
if you see how it's put together.

It's up to you, man.

- You're giving me just names?
- Aye, a lot more than names.

What I will be
providing you and the

fine gentlemen of
the Secret Service,

is a list of every threat about
the president since February 3rd.

And a profile of
every threat maker.

And these are, like,
existing targets?

99% are gonna come from the
bulk collection program, so...

Upstream, Muscular,
Tempora, PRISM.

PRISM?

You got a little
Snow White in you.

Almost makes me
feel like the witch

bringing you a poison apple.

Exhibit A: Oakland resident Justin
Pinsky posted on a message board:

"Romania has a storied history
of executing their leaders,

couldn't they do us a
solid and take out Bush?"

Oh, this looks juicy.
It's from a G-chat.

"With the biggest python,
you've ever seen."

How is this all possible?

Keyword selectors.
"Attack", "take out Bush".

So think of it as a Google search,
except instead of searching

only what people make
public, we're also

looking at everything
they don't, so

- E-mail, chats, SMS. Whatever.
- Yes, but which people?

The whole kingdom, Snow White.

Which ambassador is he again?

De la Hoya, the World
Trade Organisation.

So, O'Brian came through for ya.

He agrees your talents are being

wasted. You ready for
a little action?

- Really? You mean right here?
- Yeah.

You see the woman
in the pink number?

Credit Suisse. JP
Morgan's on her arm.

Grandma's with Deutsche Bank.
10,000 bankers in this town...

all you need to turn is one.

Socialise. Meet a few.
Preferably one sitting on a

pile of dirty Saudi money
that's funding Bin Laden.

Churchyard.

This man is either
a fool or a spy.

Mr Nembrini? Asks you,
business card please.

An ambassador. Wow. I wish I
had your schmoozing skills.

- That's why you have me.
- Don't know any banker, do you?

Bankers? Are you on some kind
of assignment or something?

I'm relationship
cultivating, and not well.

- Let me help.
- No, this is serious.

I know it's serious. Trust me.

- Any luck?
- No. No bites.

Is there some kinda trick to it?

It's all about finding
the pressure point.

Everything else is
just pushing 'em.

Looks like you're being summoned.

Marwan, may I interrupt?
This is my boyfriend Dave.

- Hello, Dave. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

Marwan works at Monfort.
We were talking

and after last week he may be
able to give you some tips.

- Gentlemen, I'll see you inside.
- Last week?

He's embarrassed. It was
a lot of money for us.

Day trading is a perilous sport.
You shouldn't be ashamed of it.

Yeah. I'm gonna grab some
food. See you guys inside?

Sure.

- You have a lovely girlfriend.
- Thank you so much.

You know I work in
IT, and so I just

figured I could crack the market

like a weak network.

May I ask how precipitous
were your losses?

Well, I told Lindsay it was
20,000, but between you and me

it was closer to 45. I
tried to recoup, but

that was a mistake, and now
without any real grounding,

I feel like I'm just
sliding out of control.

I've seen it many times
and I'm always happy to

help a man break a bad habit
before it gets going.

Well, thank you, I
really appreciate it.

It's the cleanest
Pakistani I've ever seen.

You got no first degree ties to

government or ISI.
No shady family.

Second degree contacts are
off the charts, but that's

everyone in the Middle East
with a six-figure income.

It's not dirt that we need

necessarily. It's
a pressure point.

Something intimate.
Some kind of weakness.

Can we look through his family?

How about his sister-in-law?

What is that? Is that some
video that she sent somebody?

No, this is live.

- Out of Paris.
- What do you mean "live"?

Optic Nerve. It's camera
and mic activation.

I wish we could take credit,
but the Brits wrote it.

- Activation?
- Yeah, her laptop's off.

Or was. She just forgot to close
it. Of course, how would she

now? The shit is so sly the webcam
light doesn't even turn on.

I've always wondered
what was under those.

Let's stick to family
in Geneva. Alright?

Okay, Snow White.

15-year-old daughter at
the International School.

- Facebook? Is that possible?
- Dude, Facebook is my bitch.

Seriously? If she fights
with her parents...

Don't worry. I know all the
hooks for this kinda fishing.

Query name? E-mail, keyword,
whatever selector we want.

And justification
is where I write.

In other words, turning her
daddy into a CIA informant.

- That's it?
- That's it, bro.

You don't have to get
a FISA court order?

No, not here.
XKeyscore's under 702

authority, which
means no warrants.

Okay, but US targets, then you'd
have to get the court order?

You mean FISA? Yeah, that's just
a big-ass rubber stamp, dude.

I mean, FISA judges
are all appointed by

the chief justice, who's
like, you know...

Darth Vader when it comes
to national security. Boom.

And the boy, third base, is...

Nadim. Okay.

He's 18. Salma says
she wants to marry

him. But she's scared
of her parents.

And what she does not know
is that his other name is...

Nicolas.

And he's currently banging
Geraldine and Julie.

And...

He and his Turkish mother
are here illegally.

That's it.

- What are we doing here?
- You're making people very happy.

Mr Marwan's bank handles
serious Saudi money

and a whole bunch of
Russian billionaires.

What about any al Qaeda
money? Anything promising?

Ed, I'm up for a promotion soon;
I will not forget my friends.

Thank you. This is all
going kinda fast.

I just sent some
initial background.

- There he is. The man.
- Hello, Marwan.

- Dave. How wonderful to see you.
- Good to see you too.

I counting, Marwan. You snuck in
an extra half hour back there.

I'm afraid she was merely
listening to an old man's woes.

- Oh, I see.
- How are you, Marwan?

I must tell you,
Dave, since we met

my life has got
somewhat topsy-turvy.

I'm sorry to hear that.

But your colleague Charles has
graciously offered his help.

So I owe him and you a great deal.

Can I ask what happened?

My daughter had a...

Marwan's daughter took too many
sleeping pills. She's alright.

It had something to do with her

boyfriend, who was
recently deported.

We're trying to secure
a visa for him.

Even so, I'm afraid
that Salma will...

I'm sorry. I won't trouble
you with such matters.

Hey. Talk as much as you want.
Alright? Family comes first.

Where is my beauty?

I'm never like this.

You sit down, huh? Just sit tight.

What the fuck's going on?

I've been acting quickly
and effectively on

very good signals
intelligence you provided.

- And if his daughter had died?
- We could've used that, too.

Are you serious? What, in
the name of a promotion?

Marwan can't be away from
his family right now.

So in the morning,
when he's facing

jail, we're gonna
offer him a deal.

- And he won't turn it down.
- Jail? For what?

Drunk driving. Now, I
want you to call the

police. Tell 'em you
saw a Mercedes...

No, he's not driving right now.
Look at him, he'll kill himself.

- Okay. I'll call 'em.
- Hey.

He's not driving.

Remind me, are you authorised on
any of the NSA programs you use?

So we're both doing a
little fucked up shit here?

- Watch yourself, Ed.
- I will tell him who you are.

You reveal the identity
of an undercover officer,

you're going to jail for a
lot longer than Marwan.

- Hey.
- Sorry I'm so late.

How was work?

It was...

alright.

I have to wake up in like, three
hours. My flight's at seven.

Better be quick, then.

I will provide our intelligence
and law enforcement agencies

with tools they need to track
and take out the terrorists

without undermining our
Constitution and our freedom.

That means no more illegal
wiretapping of American citizens.

No more ignoring the law
when it is inconvenient.

- Hey hon.
- Hey.

What happened to the London trip?

Turns out I'm not going.

What's going on? Who's winning?

Still early.

- Obama ahead 67% to 32%.
- Come on, big ears.

Check out Florida.

Holy shit, he's gonna win it.

- Florida?
- Yeah.

- That's big.
- It's huge.

You can act nonchalant, but I know
you are starting to root for him.

I've been watching your
inner liberal grow. Which I

will take a modest percentage
of the credit for.

And you deserve it.

What is this?

Oh, yeah, that. Just
leave that there.

Russian hackers. Agency says
they can activate webcams now.

- That's creepy.
- Yeah, it's bothering me.

Whatever. It's not a big deal.
You shouldn't even bother you.

It's not a big deal?

What, that someone could
be watching you right now?

No, I'm not hiding anything.

That's such a bullshit line.

- What is?
- Nothing to hide.

- I don't.
- Everyone does.

Okay, well then what
do I have to hide?

- Forget it.
- No. What have I have to hide?

No, let's just drop it.

Apparently you think that
I'm hiding something, so...

Okay, the other day your
computer was open and I

happened to notice you were
on the site where we met

and you're looking at other guys.

So you just were looking
at my computer?

I wouldn't have even
brought this up.

You asked me what
do I have to hide,

that's something
you're not telling me.

Well, it's... it's
not... I don't do

anything. I don't meet
any of those people.

You're gone for weeks
at a time. So it's

like I'm peering into
other people's lives

because my own is just
temporarily on hold.

- That sounds like an excuse.
- It's the truth.

I should've told you,
and I didn't. Sorry.

But it's not a big deal.

Look at me. I don't
want anyone else.

I do not want any
other life. Okay?

Listen...

I didn't go to London
today because I resigned.

What?

Personal differences. A
matter of principle.

Can you tell me anything else?

- Did you get reposted?
- No, I resigned the CIA.

So what does that
mean? What do we do.

I don't know.

I'll figure it out, but listen...

This is a good thing. Trust me.

I do.

He's gonna win.

He better.

CNN can now project that
Barack Obama, 47 years old,

will become the president
of the United States.

Every agency and
department should know

that this administration
stands on the side

not on those who seek
to withhold information

but those who seek
to make it known.

Janine is the website
editor of a small,

stateside office of
a British newspaper

up against the most powerful
government in the world.

She won't be bullied.

We need to establish
that we're not

compromising national
security by publishing.

We need to have alternatives.

Listen, Ed. The real
issue here is the day

the White House are
aware that Janine has

leaked, top secret
FISA court order,

anything could happen.
They subpoena

the Guardian. For that matter,

they could break through that door
any minute ending all of this.

We are running out of time.
We seriously have to think

about doing this on our own
website. We have no choice.

You can't just start dumping
articles on the internet.

Look at Wikileaks. It
destroyed their credibility.

Look, Ed, you said it
yourself, if this isn't done

properly, the world isn't
going to take notice.

You need experienced
journalists to lead the public

through some very, very
complicated stories.

- We are experienced journalists.
- My feeling...

- Has anyone called here before?
- Not once. Not in three weeks.

Well, shall I answer it? Tell
them it's a wrong number.

Yes?

No I don't.

Okay. Thank you.

Asked if I wanted turndown
service and she said

the "do not disturb"
sign was off the door.

So?

Do we wait or go on our own?

Look, I said from the
beginning that how you

publish is your business
and I trust you.

The only thing I ask is you study
the data and you be responsible.

No names. No specifics.
Anything ongoing

that's critical,
you don't release.

Just stick to the issue of mass

surveillance, and let
the people decide.

You have our word
on that, but that's

not the question.
We have to ask...

Right now the White House
is arranging a conference

call between Janine and the
intelligence services.

Now that's gonna happen in a few

hours. Let's at least
wait for that.

See what they say to her.

I say we pause a moment.

Yeah, I think we
should reassemble in

this room after the
call takes place.

So that's around midnight;
be noon in New York.

Alright.

I'll take another pass at the
PRISM story in the meantime.

We'll be in our hotel room
if you need us, okay?

You mind, maybe we take a break
from that? For a second.

Yes, sorry.

You wanna take a look?
Might make you feel

better. It's not recording,
just on standby.

When did this start for you?
Not wanting your photo taken?

Probably in Japan.
Remember every time

a camera pointed at me, it was...

- I couldn't breathe.
- Why was that?

I probably spent too
much time looking

at other people through cameras.

Japan was your first
NSA job, right?

Yeah, well as a contractor;
Dell. I had a lot of access.

Why'd you go back after Geneva?

Because of the money, and because
I wanted to live in Japan.

And because of Obama,
actually. You know, I

thought things were gonna
get better with him.

I was wrong.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO 2009

What was it like there?

Well, the first part
of my day, I was

building this round-the-clock
backup system

called Epic Shelter.

So if there was some
catastrophe, say

terrorists burn down every embassy

and NSA post in the the Middle
East, this program would ensure

we wouldn't lose any of that data.

But then I would have to put it
aside when visitors would show.

NSA wanted to impress the
Japanese. Show them our reach.

They loved the live drone feeds.

This is Pakistan right now.

They were not as thrilled to learn
that we wanted them to help us

spy on the Japanese population.

They said it was
against their laws.

Of course, we tapped the
entire country anyway.

And we didn't stop there. Once we
owned their communication systems

started going after the
physical infrastructure.

We'd slipped these
little sleeper programs

into power grids, dams, hospitals.

And the idea was if the day came
when Japan was no longer an ally

it'd be lights out.

And it wasn't just
the Japanese. We

were planting malware in Mexico,

Germany, Brazil, Austria.

I mean, China I can understand. Or
Russia or Iran. Venezuela, okay.

But, Austria?

You're also being
ordered to follow most

world leaders and
heads of industry.

You know, you're
tracking trade deals,

sex scandals, diplomatic cables

to give the US an advantage
in negotiations at the G8

or leverage over
Brazilian oil companies.

Or helping to oust
some third world

leader who's not playing ball.

And ultimately the truth
sinks in that no matter

what justification
you're selling yourself

this is not about terrorism.

Terrorism is the excuse.

This is about economic
and social control.

And the only thing
you're really protecting

is the supremacy of
your government.

Did you think about going
to journalists then?

No, that wouldn't have
occurred to me back then.

I thought that the system
will self correct.

The President will keep the
promise that got him elected.

That's actually when I started
reading about you and your films.

It was in Glenn's
blog, you were being

detained in airports for hours?

37 times. Investigating
your own country's wars.

That's why I'm going
back to Berlin to edit.

- You can trust me with this.
- I do.

I haven't trusted anyone in years.

It was a welcome change when they
put me on terrorism watch duty.

Every day I'd go in and I'd get
starting points for SIGINT.

Signals intelligence.

A lot of them were American,
which felt strange

but you just keep
reminding yourself

I could stop a dirty bomb attack
and save thousands of lives.

Thing is, you're not just
following your bad guy

targets, you're also
following their metadata.

Which is basically, all the phone

numbers that they're
in touch with.

Let's say your target
is a shady Iranian

banker operating out of Beirut.

Okay, so, you're watching
his stuff, but you're

also watching all the
people that he talks to.

Including, you know,
his cousin who's

just some dentist
living in Buffalo.

And then you've gotta watch
all of that guy's contacts.

And by the time you go a
third hop out from the

original target, you're
watching this bartender

chat with her mother about Botox.

Because three hops from anyone
with, say, 40 contacts...

you're looking at a list
of 2.5 million people.

And there's that moment
when you're sitting

there and the scale
of it hits you.

The NSA is really tracking
every cell phone in the world.

No matter who you
are, every day of

your life, you're
sitting in a database

just ready to be looked at.

I AGREE TO THE TERMS OF SERVICE
AND THE PRIVACY POLICY

Not just terrorists or
countries or corporations.

But you.

Was Lindsay with you in Japan?

Japan was difficult for us.

I guess you couldn't
talk about your work.

No.

There was this one night,

towards the end, we were supposed
to go climb Mt. Fuji the next day.

Wow. Are you gonna
post that on Twitter?

No. They're just for me.

- What do you think?
- You should delete those.

It's not quite the artistic
critique I was going for.

I'm sorry, you just...
you can't have

stuff like that on
your hard drive.

Yes I can.

Can you just please, I'm asking
you, can you delete them?

- Russian hackers again?
- No.

Is it us?

- It's classified.
- Am I a target?

Of course not.

Clearly someone is looking
at my nude portraits.

Okay, I shouldn't
have brought it up.

Alright, it's skews
of national security.

Well, I am flattered that my boobs

are considered an
issue of national

security, but you're gonna have
to do a lot better than that.

I'd rather not talk about stuff
that could land us in jail.

So that's what the band-aids are

about then? And
your camera phobia.

Because of work? Are
they watching us?

Who are they watching?

No one, okay. Let's
just stop talking.

Let's go to bed, and
wake up in the morning,

go climb this fucking
mountain. Okay?

Of course we're not
gonna talk about it.

What is that supposed to mean?

It means that we don't talk
about anything any more.

You work 12 hour days,
you come home depressed.

You play fucking video games
and then you fall asleep.

Yeah, I'm tired because I have
a job, that's what pays for

this apartment in the most
expensive city in the world.

Which you asked me
to come to, knowing

that I did not have a work visa.

Okay, what if you had one, would
you really give up your beautiful

life of eating and sleeping
and going out all the time?

You think you'd
really want a career?

A career like yours?

Where I'm miserable
all the time? No.

That's called responsibility.

Fuck this.

You know what? You have
no idea what it's like

to be accountable for
other people's lives.

Because you live in a
fairytale land where just,

there are no consequences
and no one ever gets hurt.

No. No you, you don't get hurt.

I get fucking crushed.

Fucking bullshit, I've
done nothing to you.

That's exactly right,
you've done nothing.

You don't hang out with me.
You don't laugh with me.

You don't even fucking
touch me any more.

- Sorry.
- Stop. No.

We never made it to Mount Fuji.

Lindsay left pretty
soon after that.

I was very lonely there.
After three months,

I left too, I went
back to Maryland.

I promised her I'd change, and
we moved back in together.

Make sure your knees
stay bent, and then you

can fully extend once
you feel stable. Ready?

1, 2, 3. All the way up. And you
wanna clench between your knees.

It'll burn, but it's a
good burn. Perfect.

Twirl around.

Perfect. Oh my god,
I'm so proud of you.

When you're really
happy, there's a large

part of you that just
wants to stay happy.

You start to think: What can
be more important than this?

What? Oh my god,
it's so beautiful.

You know, lots of people
cruise happily through life.

Why can't I?

A MAN'S USEFULNESS DEPENDS UPON
HIS LMNG UP TO HIS IDEALS

I went back to work for the CIA.

My official title was
solutions consultant.

Basically I was hawking
overpriced hardware for a living.

But I thought you'd resigned.

It was all contract
work after Geneva.

You know, it's Booz
Allen Hamilton or Dell

in partnership with
CIA, or NSA, DIA.

It's the intelligence
community's revolving door.

How was it, being
back in the States?

It was...

It was really good to be home.

But Maryland was where things
started to turn for me.

Every time I felt like I was
finally letting go of all the

anxiety and all the questions
that used to keep me up at night,

I'd learn something else and
I just couldn't ignore it.

Like, there were these
three high-level officials

at the NSA. Bill Binney,
Ed Loomis and Kirk Wiebe.

They'd been filing
complaints about

abuses and overreach for years.

That's all they did, they
just filed complaints.

And the FBI raided their homes.

And then there was Thomas Drake.
Like the other three guys,

Drake was trying to change
things from the inside.

But when nothing worked,
he did go to the press.

So they hit him with
espionage act and we

were shocked. The whole
intel community.

Why do you think you were charged?

To send a chilling message.

To whom?

To other whistle-blowers. To
others in the government.

No to speak out. Do not
tell truth to power.

We'll hammer you.

There's a new program
being developed

at the NSA's ops centre on Oahu.

You'd be going up against
Chinese cyber divisions.

You interested?

Won't be the vast sums of
money you're making now,

but you'll be performing
a critical service for

your country, I know
that's important to you.

- You mean service like in Geneva?
- That was a mistake.

Shouldn't have pushed
you into that.

You didn't push me into it.

I asked for exposure
to field ops, you gave

it to me. I don't hold
that against you.

Is there something you
do hold against me?

You didn't tell me
we were running a

Dragnet on the whole
world, Corbin.

- Great shooting, Ed.
- Thank you.

That's terrific.

So, one thing in the
Army I was good at.

You ever think, Ed,
since the Second

World War, it's been 60 years,

and still no WW3.

Why? Because we use our power,

generally, for the
good of the world.

For prosperity. Order.

How can we defend
ourselves against

nuclear war, terror attacks,

cyber attacks without
a centralised intel

factory working around
the world night and day?

So we should catalogue
billions of people's lives?

Most people already
catalogue their

lives with public consumption.

Well, they catalogue part of their
lives, and they do it by choice.

We're not giving them the choice.
We're just taking everything.

Most Americans don't want
freedom. They want security.

It's a simple bargain, if...
Good girl. Good girl.

If you want to play with all
the new toys and be safe

you pay the price of admission.

But the people, they don't even
know they've made that bargain.

Where's the battlefield, soldier?

- Everywhere.
- What's the first rule of battle?

Never reveal your position.

And if one unauthorised person
knew? If Congress knew?

So would the enemy.

That, Mr Snowden, is the
state of the world.

Secrecy is security, and
security is victory.

Thank you, sir.

Someone I want you to meet.

- Mr Lowell.
- Jim. How are you?

Dorian. Allan. Welcome to the US.

How'd you make out today, Corbin?

Aw, very mediocre.

Nothing like Ed here.

Apparently, the Army's training
people to shoot straight.

So this is Ed Snowden.

- Sir, a pleasure to meet you.
- The brains behind Epic Shelter.

- It's brilliant work.
- Thank you, sir.

Yeah, I had a few questions
I wanted to ask you.

Jim...

Will you excuse me
gentlemen? Excuse me.

Nice to meet you.

Yeah, it's proving very
useful for our UAV program.

Yes, I heard. With foreign
site intel transfer.

The transfers happen
on collection now.

They go straight to the Pentagon,

Mossad, if they
need it; actionable

immediately now, no one sees it.

It's improved the response time of

our drone pilots by
a factor of ten.

Tell me, you worked signals
intelligence in Japan too, yes?

Yes, sir.

How'd you like it?

It was a very empowering job, sir.

With this new job in Hawaii,
there'd be even more access.

I asked Corbin to start the

conversation, but
the offer is mine.

Take your time. It's
gonna take a few

months to get this
program on its feet.

You'll excuse me,
gentlemen? I see dinner.

- Sir, for you?
- No thank you.

Epic Shelter was meant
as a backup program.

Lowell's creating this
position for you, Ed.

You'll be the first
contractor outside

Fort Meade working counter cyber.

It's your ticket to the top.

Do you believe the
United States is

the greatest country in the world?

Yes.

Have you used any programs
you were unauthorised for?

No.

We're not usually supposed
to submit our own work,

but my editor said she'd
make an exception.

Pretty neat, huh?

I could just submit an entry.

You ignoring me on
purpose or what?

No, sorry.

- I was just thinking.
- About what?

I wonder if... talk
to you about it at

dinner, but let's just,
wanna come sit down?

- Is everything okay?
- Yeah.

The, the Deputy
Director of the NSA

he offered me a new position.

And that was a while back,
and now they need an answer.

Well, is it something
you want to do?

I'd be good at it.

Can you tell me anything about it?

- You know, I can't.
- I know. Mission first.

Are there social perks?
White House galas, maybe?

The position is in Hawaii.

We worked really hard
to get where we're at.

And you're willing to
just rip it all up, aye?

We finally have house that we
love and a job that I like,

And real friends, and we're
close to our families.

I know. I understand.
And if you want

to stay, then we're
staying. That's it.

Don't just say that
because I wanna hear it.

I'm not.

I let you go once. I'm
not gonna do it again.

Shit, I'm sorry. The
pasta. One second.

You know, I actually think I
came pretty close to getting I

I'm gonna get some candles.

Ed. Ed?

I know Tegretol. Know it slows you
down. I've seen it with my Mo.

She's taken all kinds of
medications her whole life.

Well, they work in 70% of cases.

Ed, epilepsy is a serious
condition. If you have a seizure

driving yourself or with
someone else in the car

or you're in a place
where you could fall...

This is not something to
be lightly regarded. It's

essential you commit
yourself to this medication.

Okay?

Yeah.

Oh, thank you.

I've been thinking about what the
doctor said. About less stress.

A warmer climate could help.

If Hawaii is something that we
decide would be better for you,

I'll go.

HONG KONG Wednesday - June 5, 2013

Janine, how did the White
House conversation go?

I made it quite clear
that we were in

possession of an authentic
FISA court order.

They wanted to see it;
we refused. Now I

just pray that it's
actually authentic.

Are you actually questioning that?

No one has ever seen a FISA court
order. There's no precedent here.

Our source risked his life for
that document. It's real.

Tell us, did the
White House make any

specific claims about
national security,

that would prevent
you from publishing?

No. I asked them repeatedly. And
they had no substantive answer.

Then there you go.
What more do you want?

You can go out, and
know that you're safe.

Glenn, I'd like to talk to
Alan before we go any further.

- When does he land?
- In six hours.

No. Absolutely not.
We're sitting ducks

here, Janine. It's
1pm in New York.

If you don't get this out
in the next four hours,

you'll miss the evening
news on the East Coast.

But we can post later tonight.

I'm sorry Glenn, but Alan's
our editor in chief and I...

Bullshit, the government knows
that we have these documents now.

The CIA could barge
through this door

any minute and you want more time.

Act like a fucking journalist
and stop stringing us along.

I just stood my ground with
the goddamn White House.

I've risked my
career. How dare you

question my commitment
to this story?

Okay, let's just keep on...

No, you're right, I
am questioning it.

This is absolutely inappropriate.

We are publishing
ourselves. You're out.

Alright, Glenn. We'll
have it ready by 4pm.

I have to go over the
story once more.

Why?

Because it still needs
editing, damn you.

All this fucking intelligence
jargon is hurting our brains.

This PRISM story is
still incomprehensible.

PRISM is the second story, Janine.

Verizon is the first
story. Have it

ready to post by 4pm,
5 at the latest.

No games, or we're gone.

'THE TUNNEL' NSA OPS.
CENTRE OAHU, HAWAII, 2012

So my new job was
counter-spying on the Chinese

at the NSA regional
cryptological centre on Oahu.

You mind placing your
bag down there, sir?

No personal laptops, no USB
sticks, no cell phones,

No electronic devices of any kind?

No, sir.

Thank you.

Snow White, is that you?

Gabriel?

Dude, what the hell
are you doing here?

Wow, this is amazing.

What, do you work here?

Yeah, yeah. Three years,
two months and five days.

But who's counting, right?

It's like, who knew that a secret
underground World War 2 air base

would become munchy heaven
for a thousand geeks.

So there's good pizza?

Good pizza, yeah,
it's important. The

elevator's slow as shit, though.

- Jesus.
- It's something else, huh?

So, what deck are you working on?

You NTOC or ROC?

Between you and me? NTOC.

Cool. You get to hack the hackers.
You're coming up in the world.

Fresh brains for you, Trevor.

Trevor James, Interactive
Ops, Division Chief.

- Ed Snowden.
- I've been briefed.

Next door's NTOC. Defence.
That's where you'll be working.

Over here we have
ROC, our offence.

Now, I move between the two. We
run a tight ship here, Snowden.

Yes, sir.

You'll be working with Haynes.

Patrick Haynes. Good
to you have you.

You watch out for
him. The smartest

guy in the building right here.

Bro, how many languages
do you speak again?

Seven in Code, six spoken,
two sign language.

I some American Sign Language.

That's awesome.

Great. Another language
I can't understand.

I'll check you later, Ed.

Wait for it.

Any moment.

Lights over Waziristan, gentlemen.

So, what exactly do we
contribute to this?

The underside of that Reaper drone
is fixed with a big ass antenna.

Snarfing the hardware ID of
anything that broadcasts.

We, then geo locate 'em.
My friend Tasha here with

the Air Force rains
hellfire. There she is now.

- Hey, Trev. You liking the show?
- You know it.

- We track 'em, you whack 'em.
- And who did we just track?

Not who, what. We're
targeting bad guys'

cell phones. Sometimes a SIM card.

Okay. And how do we
know the bad guy is

in possession of the
bad cell phone?

We don't.

Of course we do. JSOC and CIA
have their people in the field.

What's the program name?

Epic Shelter. It was originally
some backup program for...

- Catastrophic site failure.
- Yeah. How did you know that?

- I built it.
- You?

Yeah, you know actually,
I've been thinking

about another use
for Epic Shelter.

What'd you have in mind?

Well, I was chatting
with Jim Lowell

about how there were
so many programs...

Deputy Director Lowell?

Yeah, yeah. And we were saying
there are so many programs

nowadays, it's kind of impossible
to keep track of them any more.

Right? So why create a
centralised database?

Ah, like an index?

Yeah, exactly. Something
that updates in real time.

We've already got Epic Shelter
collecting our finished intel.

We just need a web
portal to catalogue it.

- Make it searchable.
- Let me think about it.

In any case, I'd have to
run it past Fort Meade.

- Of course.
- Did you have a name?

Yeah, if it's not taken,
I'd call it Heartbeat.

Heartbeat.

Five, four, three, two, one.

Engage target.

- You okay down there?
- Yep.

This is why I keep saying
we need to hike more.

- You're right.
- Hey, can you look at me?

Come on. It's been years.

By social media standards, you
don't even exist any more.

Just one. Smile.
Show me your teeth.

My elusive E. Finally captured.

- So now I'm a viable boyfriend?
- Yes.

Such a shame. You used to be
such a cute little model.

- Little?
- Yeah.

- Oh, I was little?
- Wait.

Stop.

Oh my God. I think
you've got some sun.

- I'm serious. It looks good.
- Oh, that's impossible.

Hey, I've been meaning
to ask you, by

the way, did you
switch pharmacies?

Because, I tried to pick
up your prescription

and I couldn't. Why did you do it?

Because I was there and
thought it would be helpful.

I stopped taking the Tegretol.

- What? When?
- Couple months ago.

- And you're just now telling me?
- I wanted to tell you.

I just... I can't take that
stuff. It makes me groggy.

And I need to be sharp for work. I

need to be on the
ball all the time.

What is it about this
fucking job that

makes it more important
than your life?

- I don't understand.
- Our government...

Our government, what?

Our government is
haemorrhaging billions of

of dollars every year
to Chinese hackers.

And I've been hired
to shut them down.

A lot of people are
depending on me.

More so than anyone else?

Yes.

No, this... this is bullshit.

Didn't come to Hawaii for
you to heal, did we?

There's never going to be a
less stressful job out there.

I feel like I'm made to do this,
and if I don't do it, then

I don't know anybody
else that can.

It's like I'm on a trajectory

that I can't turn back from.

You can always turn back.

What I wanted to see
is if you could

give me a yes or no
answer to the question,

Does the NSA collect any
type of data at all

on millions or hundreds
of millions of Americans?

- No, sir.
- It does not?

Not wittingly.

There are cases where they could
inadvertently, perhaps collect,

- but not... not wittingly.
- Oh, really?

Thank you. I'll have
additional questions

to give you in writing
on that point...

Okay, so what I wanted to show you
guys is this slide I ran across

while building this
indexing program.

And what is this?

Ok, so this is data collection
for the month of March.

Worldwide. E-mails and Skype
calls. France. 70 million.

Germany. 500 million.

Brazil. Two billion.

Inside the US.

3.1 billion e-mails
and calls. That's not

including any of the
telco company data.

Okay, so what's the
collection in Russia?

Russia is 1.5 billion.

Wait, so we're collecting twice as

much in the US as
we are in Russia?

Yeah, I figured it
would be a lot, but...

This shit is out of hand, man.

Wait, have you shown
this to anyone else?

No, you guys are the first.

Yeah, you know I'd be
careful about that.

It could seem like
you're rocking the boat.

Yeah, you're right.
I just I needed

to know if I was the only one that

thought this was crazy.

- The fuck's going on?
- Hey, Trev.

What are you doing in here?

It's nothing. I was
just showing them

this one slide, I
needed some input.

- Why the heat map?
- It's my bad, Trev.

I made a bet with Ed
about which country

we were collecting the
most signals from.

He said Iran and I said Pakistan.

- Who won?
- Ed.

Yeah, I'm gonna head
out. I'll see you guys.

- You're going down next time.
- Yeah, okay.

No more bets. And I don't want
anyone unauthorised in here again.

Especially not with Heartbeat.

You're right. Won't happen again.

Happy Birthday.

In Vegas, looking at Afghanistan,
so we're working late hours.

This blurry object comes
wandering into the strike zone.

We all knew that it was
a kid. Poof, he's gone.

Call in for clarification,
report came back cold.

It was a dog. Okay, fine.

Shift's long. Day and night.

The same village two,
three days later.

We see the funeral. We knew
it was the kid they buried.

Mums and dads were wailing. And
then the order comes down.

Pretty clear. Hit 'em.

Poof.

And they are gone
in a cloud of dust.

I mean all of them. The
whole fucking family.

But the crazy thing is that
you come home after work

kiss the wife and kids,
back to work the next day.

Pretty soon, you know, it
just all becomes routine.

Fuck that. You make it
sound criminal, man.

- It's war, it's a job.
- I dunno know, man.

Think jobs can't be criminal?

No, not if you're working
for the government.

You ever hear about the
Nuremberg trials, Trev?

- They weren't that long ago.
- Yeah.

And we hung the Nazi
big shots, right?

Yeah. Well, the big shots were the

first trial, but
then the next trial

were just the judges, and
lawyers, and police men, guards.

Ordinary people just doing
their jobs. Following orders.

That's where we got the
Nuremberg principles,

which then, the UN made
into international law

just in case ordinary jobs
become criminal again.

Just saying.

Even fucking touch me...

- Oh my God.
- Dude, you okay?

- You okay, man?
- Get away. Don't touch him.

Hey, Ed, how are you?
How's your health?

Hey, Corbin. Ah, it's...

It's fine. Thanks for asking.

It must be nerve racking,
living with that condition.

You wouldn't know it.
Look at your numbers.

200 Chinese IPs down in
your first four months.

Those are internal numbers.

Your colleague Trevor, is
out of the CIA like you.

He's been keeping me
informed of your progress.

It's outstanding work.
Heartbeat, as well.

Thank you. Thanks.
That means a lot.

Lowell is very pleased.

- He sends his regards.
- That's great to hear.

He...

He doesn't know about your
heat map conversations

or some of the ideas you've
expressed to your colleagues.

- And he's not going to.
- Yeah...

You know, Heartbeat
is proving a tricky

project. Collating from
multiple agencies.

And knowing where to pull from.

It has helped to talk it
over with colleagues.

I believe in you.
Which is why nothing

to you after the derog in Geneva.

And I'm very grateful
you've looked out for me.

Or after you "omitted the
truth" in your polygraph.

What was it you were
withholding exactly?

You remember that day in class
you were talking to us about.

You said that they approved
Bush's wiretapping programs.

Sometimes we're restricted
from telling the whole truth.

Doesn't give us permission to lie.

Corbin.

The Director of National

Intelligence just
lied to Congress.

Sorry.

Look at me.

Did you access an
unauthorised program?

That I did not know about?

Yes. It was...

It was in Geneva, it was Lindsay,
I was jealous. And I'm sorry.

I never did it again.

Listen...

I know it's been up and down with
you and Lindsay since Geneva.

It's tough... keep any
relationship going. Few of us do.

So if it will give you any peace
of mind, I can assure you

she's not sleeping with that
photographer friend of hers.

If that's what you're thinking.

I have to go to a Five Eyes
conference in Sydney in a

couple of week. I'll stop
by Hawaii on the way back.

Okay?

Okay. Thank you.

I'll see you soon.

Hey Dad.

Did you get the e-mail I
sent you with the photos?

I was hoping you
could delete them.

What are you doing?

Sit down.

- Your e-mail is being monitored.
- So?

Well, it's different
now. It's not passive

collection. It's full
tape surveillance.

It's your all of
your e-mails, calls,

texts, social media. Everything.

It's also possible that
the house is bugged.

- I'm not sure.
- By who?

By a senior officer at the CIA.

You in trouble? Is it
the Chinese thing?

Look, there's things that
I wish I could tell you

but I can't because you
could get very hurt.

What's keeping you safe is
that you don't know anything.

I'm sorry. I really am. I didn't
want any of this for you.

But I know you would think I
was doing the right thing.

So just listen to me for
a sec, okay? When we go

back in the house, everything
has to appear normal.

We're gonna act like
nothing is changed.

But if you do notice
something that's

weird, you need to
tell me right away.

And you're gonna use encrypted

e-mail that I'm
setting up for you.

- I don't think I can do this.
- Yes, you can. I know you can.

- Do I even have a choice?
- I'm asking you to trust me.

Linds, I think it'd be best if you
went back to Maryland for a while.

Tell your parents that I'm
away on a business trip.

- And that you're homesick.
- Are you going away?

Yes, but just for a little while.

No, I can't go.

- Please, just until I get back?
- I can't go.

You just said that we have to
appear like nothing's changed.

If both of us left
at the same time,

wouldn't that seem suspicious?

I will do this for you.

But it is the last time.

We will meet in the
mall, opposite the Mira

Hotel, on the Monday
two weeks from now.

I will be holding a Rubik's
cube. More to follow...

You hear about Trevor, bro?

You know that op to own
the internet in Syria?

Yeah, Trevor and his TAO team
crashed the core router.

- The whole country has gone dark.
- Jesus Christ.

- Figure it out.
- Poor bastards.

Ok, I'm gonna, I
gotta get to work.

Yeah, yeah, me too.

Oh, hey. How's Heartbeat coming?

It's close. It's very close.

Don't tell me you're
involved in this too.

Well, Trevor fucking roped
me into going through the

zero day exploit codes. It's
a big fucking mess, man.

- Why did I agree to it?
- Good luck.

Talk about getting
hung out to dry.

Yeah.

Trouble with the Navy?

One of those idiots ripped some
bullshit piece of Israeli Code

and jammed it down our payload.
You fucking believe that?

Script kiddies?

I know, I know. I should have
listened to you. Goddammit.

- Is this it?
- Here it is.

The Israelis must fucking
take the fall for this.

I'm not taking the fall for this.

Patrick.

I might not see you again.

You gonna leave me here...

with Captain America?

Thanks a lot.

The NSA may come after you.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

- You headed home already?
- Yeah. I'm not feeling so well.

Might not be in tomorrow either.

You know, Trevor's
kinda busy, maybe

you could let him know for me?

Yeah, it'd be my pleasure.

You know, if you're if you're
really not feeling well, dude,

maybe you should go back to the
States and see your doctor.

I think that, you know, folks
would understand that.

Sounds like a smart thing.

- Take care of yourself.
- Yeah, you too, bro.

Hey, you ever play
with one of these?

Yeah, when I was a kid.

You should try it. It's hard.

I can't figure this out.

I don't know about this.

You gotta start
with a white cross,

actually, then you do the corners.

Ah man, well I love these things.

- Hey, have a good weekend, man.
- You too, buddy.

It's live.

WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2013

There's a link to the
FISA court order.

Well done, Janine. I told
you she was no pushover.

Well, it feels so goddamn
good to be wrong.

NSA collecting phone records of
millions of Americans daily.

Breaking news tonight.
Reports that through a

secret court order, the
Obama administration

is collecting the phone records
of millions of Verizon customers.

That's been reported by The
Guardian newspaper in the UK.

They said court order
shows that all the

information is going
to the National

Security Agency. CNN
has reached out

to multiple sources to confirm it.

How is that for
mainstream media, Glenn?

They can't shut this
down now, we've

got four days more days of it.

They have no idea what
they're in store for.

It's fantastic.

Another explosive
article, has just

appeared, this time in
the Washington Post.

It's breaking news that
it reveals another broad

and secret US government
surveillance program.

The Washington Post and the
Guardian in London reporting

that the NSA and the FBI are
tapping directly into the

central servers of nine
leading internet companies

including Microsoft, Yahoo,
Google, Facebook, AOL,

Skype, YouTube, and Apple.

The Post says they're
extracting audio,

video, photographs,
e-mails, documents,

and connection logs that
enable analysts to track

a person's movements and
contacts over time.

FRIDAY, June 7, 2013

In the abstract, you can
complain about Big Brother

and how this is a potential
program run amok,

but when you actually
look at the details,

then I think we've struck
the right balance.

US President Barack
Obama staunchly

defends US government programs

insisting that they were
conducted with broad safeguards

to protect against abuse.

He reached the
conclusion that what was

happening inside this
really secretive agency

was very threatening and
menacing to privacy rights,

to internet freedom, to
basic political liberty.

Not only in the United
States but all around

the world. And he
felt it was his duty

as a human being to disclose it.

My name is Ed
Snowden. I'm 29 years

old. I work for Booz
Allen Hamilton.

As an infrastructure
analyst for NSA in Hawaii.

(SPEAKING MANDARIN)

(SPEAKING GERMAN)

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

Well, you can't come
forward against the most

powerful intelligence
agencies in the world

without expecting
to have some risk.

They're just such
powerful adversaries.

No one can meaningfully
oppose them. If they

wanna get you, they
will get you in time.

The kid did it.

Get worse for the next
generation, if they extend the

capabilities of this sort of
architecture of oppression.

Then you realise that you might
willing to accept any risk

as long as the public
is able to make their

own decision about
how this is applied.

Because, even if you haven't done

anything wrong,
you're being watched.

I had access to the entire
intelligence community.

So if I had wanted to harm the US,

you could shut down the entire
analyst system in an afternoon.

But that was never
my intention, and I

think anybody that's
making that argument,

they have to think.

If they were in my position,

living in Hawaii, in paradise,
making a ton of money,

what would it take, to make
you leave everything behind?

The fear that I've had most

in regards to the outcome for
America with these disclosures

is that nothing will change
in the coming months,

and the coming years,
it will just get worse.

And then, eventually,
at some point

some new leader will be elected

who flips the switch

and the people won't be able to do

anything by that
point to oppose it.

And it'll be turnkey tyranny.

- How you holding up?
- Yeah, I'll be fine.

You guys have to start
watching after yourselves now.

You know, if you have any reason
to believe that you're about to

be raided or intercepted
or breached in any way,

you format and destroy all
the data immediately.

You have the encrypted backups.

Now I...

I no longer have any
access to these

files, myself. You
guys have them all.

Keep the focus on the stories.
That's all that matters.

If you'll excuse me, it's...

We should all get some
rest. We could use it.

Yeah, I should probably
lay down in a soft

bed, while I still have
one available, right?

- Rest well.
- Thank you.

- See you tomorrow.
- Good night.

Can you at least tell
me where you're going?

Listen, I know that I...

MONDAY, June 10, 2013

Ewen, I'm on the second floor.

I don't see Tibbo.

No, no-no, wait, I
think I see him.

Shit. There's press swarming
all over the hotel.

Yeah, I don't know. I'll
figure it out and I'll

stop them with a press
conference or something.

Look, we really
appreciate this you're

one of the best
lawyers in Hong Kong.

We're gonna take him
to the UN first, then

I prefer not to reveal.
I understand...

Shit, they've spotted
me. You guys get going.

I will answer your questions
in an orderly fashion. Please.

Did you get them?

Yeah, this is the best I could do.

You'll be meeting Tibbo
in five minutes.

On the skybridge
opposite the large mall.

I've met a lot of astonishing
people in my life, but you...

Okay, laddie, off you go.

I won't let you down.

You'd make a shitty
journalist without a camera.

You sure?

Okay. That's a pretty good idea.

Thanks.

You don't want to leave
your luck behind.

Oh, I think I'd like
you to have that.

- Thanks. For everything.
- Thank you.

I have a van on the street.

NSA leaker Edward Snowden has
now been charged formally with

espionage, theft and conversion
of government property.

US officials have asked
Hong Kong to detain the

former contractor on
provisional arrest warrant.

Snowden has been in
Hong Kong since May.

Reportedly, on May 20th...

Snowden has checked out
of the luxury hotel

in Hong Kong where he
had been holed up.

You might turn your eyes away.

The Justice Department had to go
to Interpol, so that Snowden,

if he tried to cross a border, he
could be intercepted and detained.

So, again the Americans
are now closing in.

They almost certainly
know where he is.

They just need Hong Kong's
approval to get him.

The Hong Kong government
does have an extradition

agreement with Washington,
but the ultimate decision...

The big question here
is: Where is he now?

Thank you. This is Ed. Ed, Mayana.

Welcome.

These are good people.
They won't talk.

I've been handling their cases
for years. They're like you.

That's so nice.

- They're stateless.
- Yeah.

So, we're waiting on the UN
application for refugee status.

Yeah.

Just in case you're arrested,
this is where you can call me.

Yeah.

- Good.
- Thank you so much.

You may not feel it, Ed,

but you're not alone.

His long-time girlfriend, Lindsay
Mills, an amateur photographer

has not been heard from.
It's believed she's

in seclusion in her
parents' home in Maryland

and has been questioned by the FBI
and remains under investigation.

Ten days have now gone by as the
world looks for Edward Snowden.

Rumours have surfaced that a
rich supporter is hiding Snowden

somewhere in the Hong Kong
hills in a private mansion.

It is now confirmed
that Edward Snowden has

boarded a flight from
Hong Kong to Moscow.

The State Department is
very disappointed in the

authorities in Hong Kong
for letting Snowden go.

He was accompanied by a
representative from Wikileaks.

Snowden is trying to make
his way from Russia to

Cuba and then to Ecuador
for political asylum.

Moscow airport officials
say he won't be

permitted to make his
connected flight

because the US government
has revoked his passport.

The United States Secretary of
State John Kerry is outraged

that Russia is refusing to
arrest the American fugitive.

Now a man without a country is

stranded inside the
Moscow airport.

No, I'm not going to
be scrambling jets

to get a 29-year-old hacker.

The president of
Bolivia's plane was

forced down in Austrian
airspace today

on US suspicions that Snowden
may have been on board.

After 39 days at
the airport hotel,

he slept with his Russian lawyer

and a legal adviser from
Wikileaks, Sarah Harrison.

He can now enjoy all of the
the sweet, sweet liberty

allowed under the regime of
president Vladimir Putin.

There is still a thing
called execution.

Mr Snowden actually
deserves asylum

and protection around the globe

but he does have asylum
in Russia, at least.

He can engage in the
debate he started.

And now the world
now has an example

that you can do the right thing.

You don't have to end up in
a cage, one room, a prison.

After more than a year in the
country under temporary asylum

Edward Snowden has
received a three

year residency permit in Russia.

And now, here, live from
Moscow, Edward Snowden.

Hi, Ed. How are you doing?

Thank you. Forgive me if I get
my bearings a little bit here.

People always said I
was kind of a robot.

How is it that you
came to be in Russia?

Well, I never intended
to come here,

you know. My passport was revoked

on route to Latin America, so when
people say, why are you in Russia?

I say: "Ask the State Department."

Does that mean you're willing
to go back and face trial?

Absolutely. If it was a
fair and public trial.

Unfortunately that's not what
would happen right now as

long as the Espionage Act is being
used against whistle-blowers.

Do you still think
it was worth it?

Yes, I do.

Without the information to start
a public debate, we're lost.

You know, the people
being able to question

our government and
hold it accountable.

That's the principle
that the United

States of America was founded on.

So, if we want to protect
our national security

we should be protecting
that principle.

What if your argument
falls on deaf

ears, what if our
leaders don't act?

I believe that if nothing changes,

more and more people all over
the world will come forward.

Whistle-blowers and journalists,
but also regular citizens.

And when those in
power try to hide

by classifying everything,
we will call them out on it.

And when they try to scare us into

sacrificing our
basic human rights,

we won't be intimidated.
And we won't give up.

And we will not be silenced.

You're alone in a
foreign country. You'll

be extradited if you try to leave.

That must be hard.

When I left Hawaii, I lost...

everything.

You know, I had a stable life.

Stable love. Family. Future.

And I lost that life, but...

I've gained a new one.

And I'm incredibly fortunate.

And I think,

the greatest freedom
that I've is the

fact that I no longer
have to worry about

what happens tomorrow, because I'm
happy with what I've done today.

Live from the internet,
Edward Snowden.

As of this date, Edward
Snowden resides in Moscow.

Lindsay Mills has moved
there to join him.

Has your mindset changed
about him? Is he now

more of a whistle-blower
than he is a hacker?

What is going to happen
to Edward Snowden?

He's gonna die in Moscow.

He's not coming home.

Snowden, is he a
traitor or a hero?

He stole very important
information.

We have breaking news tonight.

Among the reports,
work with Congress to

change how the NSA
collects phone records.

More transparency
by the secret court

that regularly approves
the surveillance...

Is it a victory for
Edward Snowden? That's

gonna depend on the
eye of the beholder.

The American government
was acting illegally.

I don't think he should be brought
home without facing the music.

Snowden played a
very important role

in educating the American people

to the degree in which
our civil liberties and

our constitutional rights
are being undermined.

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