Edward Snowden accused him of spying: I do not regret

The former CIA agent, now based in Russia, Edward Snowden, talked about how he escaped from the United States after learning a lot of intelligence. On what he did, he stressed that what he did was «right and good», and stressed that he did not consider suicide during his crisis .. The following is the text of the interview:

• Mr. Snowden has always said: «I am not the story», but you wrote a book of 432 newspapers about yourself .. Why?

- Because I think it is important - more than ever - to explain the huge surveillance and tracking systems to the public.

• Wasn't that important four or six years ago?

Four years ago, Barack Obama was president of the United States. Four years ago, Boris Johnson and the German alternative party were ridiculed. But now in 2019, the situation has changed.When you look around in this world, and you see these extremist regimes that have come to power in many countries of the world, you realize that they can use advanced technologies to change the world. We believe that our systems are under attack.

• Which systems?

- The political system, the judicial system, the social system, and we have the tendency to think that if we get rid of people we don't like, all the problems will be solved.

• You said in your book: You want to tell the truth .. What is the biggest lie people said about you?

- There are a lot of them.

• They said: You are a Russian spy!

- Not only that, but my plan was to end up in Russia, although the US National Security Agency admitted that Russia was not my desired destination, but others repeat it and repeat it. This is part of the current war against me.

• You fell seriously ill and became depressed .. Have you thought about suicide?

- No .. This is important to me, I did not think neither today nor on any day of my life in suicide, as I have a specific philosophy against suicide, and if it happened that fell out of the window you must be sure that there is someone who pushed me from behind.

• When I started collecting information that became known - later - Snowden files, I was working in Hawaii for the «Office of Information Sharing» .. Does that sound a joke?

- You're the only employee in the office. I tried to improve my situation and my relationships. This work had given me the mandate to access everything. By pure coincidence, she worked alongside an engineering team across huge Windows systems. They realized I had experience as a manager and systems engineer. That's why I saw everything incredibly. The NSA did not realize that I was going to release all that information.

• How did you manage to smuggle files outside this complex, which you call «Office»?

There are certain limits to what information I can disclose, because I think I will one day appear before the court.

• How can you consider with the possibility of treating you as a spy?

- You must be convinced that you did this for the sake of good and good, as it is not enough to believe in something. If you really want to achieve something, you have to be prepared to take risks.

• Do you have Russian friends?

- No .. I am trying to distance myself from Russian society on purpose, and confined to the English-speaking community.

• You know that the founder of the site «WikiLeaks» entered the prison, and he is waiting for deportation to the United States .. Will your turn next?

- I hope it doesn't happen, even if I wanted to live a quiet life with the girl I love, and make a lot of money, but if I can't go home and at home, I know at least I tried to improve things. No matter what happens, I will fit in with him.