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Edward Snowden Says He Was Really a Spy
In a recent interview with NBC's Brian Williams in Moscow, Edward Snowden said that the US labeled him a low-level hacker to, as he put it, "distract from the totality of my experience." In fact, he said, he was trained as a spy in what he called the "traditional sense." NBC will air the full interview with Snowden on its evening news programs.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIn a recent interview with NBC's Brian Williams in Moscow, Edward Snowden said that the US labeled him a low-level hacker to, as he put it, "distract from the totality of my experience." In fact, he said, he was trained as a spy in what he called the "traditional sense." NBC will air the full interview with Snowden on its evening news programs. Scott Shane has covered the NSA and the CIA for the New York Times.
