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Three weeks past, Snowden created final preparations that resulted in last week's series of blockbuster news stories. At the NSA workplace in Hawaii wherever he was operating, he traced the last set of documents he supposed to disclose.

He then suggested his NSA supervisor that he required to be far from work for "a number of weeks" so as to receive treatment for brain disease, a condition he learned he suffers from once a series of seizures last year.

As he packed his luggage, he told his girlfriend that he had to be away for a number of weeks, tho' hesame he was obscure regarding the explanation. "That isn't Associate in Nursing uncommon prevalence for somebody WHO has spent the last decade operating within the intelligence world."

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On May 20, he boarded a flight to Hong Kong, wherever he has remained ever since. He selected town as a result of "they have a spirited commitment to free speech and also the right of political dissent", and since he believed that it absolutely was one amongst the few places within the world that each may and would resist the dictates of the United States government.

In the 3 weeks since he arrived, he has been ensconced in an exceedingly bedroom. "I've left the space perhaps a complete of 3 times throughout my entire keep," he said. it's a luxurious edifice and, what with ingestion meals in his space too, he has run up massive bills.

He is deeply troubled regarding being spied on. He lines the door of his bedroom with pillows to forestall eavesdropping. He puts an oversized red hood over his head and portable computer once coming into his passwords to forestall any hidden cameras from sleuthing them.

Though that will sound like psychosis to some, Snowden has sensible reason for such fears. He worked within the United States of America intelligence world for nearly a decade. He is aware ofthat the largest and most closelipped police work organisation in America, the NSA, along side the foremost powerful government on the earth, is longing for him.

Since the disclosures began to emerge, he has watched tv and monitored the net, hearing all the threats and vows of prosecution emanating from Washington.

And he is aware of all too well the subtle technology offered to them and the way straightforwardit'll be for them to search out him. The NSA police and different enforcement officers have doubly visited his place Hawaii and already contacted his girlfriend, tho' he believes that will are prompted by his absence from work, and not thanks to suspicions of any association to the leaks.