Whistleblower: The Edward Snowden Story | True Life Spy Stories
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Hong Kong. The 2nd of June 2013. A cybersecurity agent sits in the bustling restaurant of the Mira Hotel. He fiddles nervously with a Rubik's cube. He looks up and his gaze locks with two newcomers - a man and a woman, one a hardened journalist and the other a documentary filmmaker. As he recognises the pair, he pockets the cube and stands.
Silently, they make their way through the hotel towards the elevators. As they enter the agent's hotel room silently, the woman unclasps her case on the unmade bed, revealing camera equipment.
As she sets her camera on a tripod, the agent takes his position on a chair opposite the journalist. The room hums with the weight of their impending conversation. The world, unknowing, teetered on the brink of a revelation from Edward Snowden that would change it forever.
More than 10 years on since Snowden’s infamous NSA leaks, the debate over whether he is a friend or foe to America rages on.
Telling the story of Edward Snowden is a difficult task, with the facts contained in the available sources conflicting on even the most innocuous of facts. Nevertheless, this video is an attempt to tease out the truth, and where that is not possible, present the claims from both ends of the ‘friend versus foe’ spectrum as objectively as possible.
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Love the original art!
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im chronoss
retired leader of an association of hackers that had 150 groups in 67 nations
do you not find it odd that we never had anything or anyone involved in "anonymous"
there is a tale there as to why....
but ill leave that for next time.....but ill give you one clue ....lolsec
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This is literally a security state propaganda account
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Friend of the people, Enemy of the US Government.
I couldn't put it a better way. My good friend who is in his 80s and was part of the intel community is a hard core leftie and supporter of more open government but he still thinks he's a traitor.
He’s Still a traitor to the government and “the people” any other country and he would hang for it
Americans dislike him neos and dictators love him. Sad part he knows he fucked up now he's in a jailed country ran by a dictatorship
There are people who argue he is a traitor
@@catmatism Nationalists usually want to other anyone they can to keep their tyranny and ego powering up.
People like Snowden basically commit suicide with whistleblowing… and what do the people do to repay them? Continue to blankly stare into the distance and support big brother who couldn’t care less if you live or die
@deesus1085 did you even watch the video? He gave the documents to journalists, and then had to flee to gain asylum because the US jails anyone who exposes their unconstitutional spying apparatus, despite whistleblower protection legislation. Go rinse that boot out of your mouth
Tf am I gonna do? Fly to russia and shake his hand?
He lost my support when he revealed more than he had to and turned to Russia of all dictatorships, Russia that has made repressing its own citizens into an art. Makes one wonder if he had lost his mind or intended to find a reason to betray his country because he felt resentful for being chastised.
Snowden is a traitor.
"tUrNeD tO rUsSiA" His passport was revoked just as he was changing planes at Moscow airport, on purpose, by the US State Dept. deliberately to strand him in Russia so that people would think he's a defector and you fell for it.
He single-handedly did more damage to the USA intelligence apparatus than has been accomplished in many decades. They’re still recovering from that, and I think that’s great!! He’s aces with me!
It solved bubkes. They still have no idea of what to do with the info they collect. Then again- what can be expected from the Wokey Wokes?
Government investigates itself, decides the whistle-blower is at fault.
What a surprise
Snowden is a traitor.
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@buildmotosykletist1987 your dad is a traitor for having you😂
@@buildmotosykletist1987 How does the boot that you lick taste?
@@buildmotosykletist1987 If he's a traitor then so are you. Hand yourself in or do what you think should be done to traitors to yourself.
I knew him pretty well in highschool, I don't remember anyone bullying him, he was very quiet and no one even noticed him.
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And yet you got to know him pretty well? What did you two talk about?
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I highly doubt tbh...
Didn’t know Snowden never graduated or got his ged and was still so decorated and respected to have such level of classification and intellect. Thats the perfect example of showing skills over paper merit. Love it.
Your an absolute LIAR who spreads media PROPAGANDA to discredit the "truth" about Edward Snowden !!! Keep up with your smear campaign to discredit him & keep earning your media-HOAR services ...
Once again a most interesting video. One never really gets the backstory to the headline news. Great effort Philip. The graphics are superb
Finding myself binging your entire back catalouge at a scary rate, amazing delivery and visuals.
I hope you have a long and sucessful career on UA-cam.
Thank you! That means a lot to me!
Me too!
@@PhilipThompsonI really enjoy your content, thank you very much! You’re awesome
I love how the US government's argument is that "Most" of the data was not spying on US Citizens, meaning that there was still significant data doing that. After they publically said that they do not do that.
Just discovered you. I give it 12 months before your channel absolutely blows up.
Cheers, thanks Darren! Really appreciate the kind sentiment!
@@PhilipThompsonthe graphics & pacing are top notch. I'm impressed!
just found you but absolutely loving this content you make; as i've been hunting for this exact type of media for years now! thank you for fillin this specific ass niche in the land of video essays. can't wait to see you blow up! take care xx
Thank you Stella! I have many more videos in the pipeline which I hope you will also enjoy.
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While ironic that he wound up in Russia, the revelations he made are those of a patriot and it took inordinate courage. From this documentary and other interviews, he impresses me as having the best motivation. In one interview President Putin said he thought Snowden should have gone through channels to make his exposures. That was several years ago, before Putin understood how politicized and therefore unreliable our justice system has become. M enjoying this new found channel. Tyvm
His lies about his education and military service makes me pause about his intentions and motivation...
It’s how Snowden did it. I don’t think he’s a hero. He link high ranking officials that will give other countries an edge.
@@orionxtc1119nice try fed. He’s a bigger patriot than most will ever be regardless of his education or service
Snowden is not a patriot. He, likely, cost military folks their lives. With the lies he told, it is absolutely clear that he was only ever out for one thing.... himself. The word Narcissist and Snowden are synonyms. The only person that "trumps" Snowden in total Narcissism is Trump himself.
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I mean... his lies, ...or the nsa smearing his reputation.
I think this is more likely in how they treat their heroes... sry traitors in their twisted world.
Their retaliation is always brutal as hell. Any whistleblower has a reputation that is horrible, why is that?
If he was so bad, why was he not fired?
He splintered his feet or he broke his legs... thats not a lie, thats just inaccuracy on some side.
private citizens have all rights to privacy and security. Government and government officials don't have any right to privacy as government must be transparent Unless the matter is privacy and security of the citizens.
Not as transparent as snowdon made them to the rest of the world by exposing information relating to the security of his country.
exactly. i just quickly looked up the numbers & it's those govt officials vs approximately 446.5 MILLION citizens (in 2013) from the affected countries
He single-handedly did more damage to the USA intelligence apparatus than has been accomplished in many decades. They’re still recovering from that, and I think that’s great!! He’s aces with me!
These AI generated voice overs are getting good.
Thanks! Very well done. This is such a well balanced narrative, complete with supporting arguments from both sides. Keep it up!
Cheers! Thanks so much for the feedback, and the Super!
I just found your channel yesterday and I’ve been binging it since. Thank you for these videos. I’m constantly learning new things. I’m sure I’ll be revisiting a lot of them too. 😊 😊
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You know, spying on US citizens brought down Nixon, I still can't quite figure out what has been the result, when *all* US citizens were spyed upon, with no legit court order, ofc.. And it really did't go down how this doc presents it. qudos for @SeanMunger if he ever considers more modern topic.. This one could do with a comparison to Nixon, so it could bridge some fatal gaps in public conciousness..
Yeah Munger is pretty good
Certainly a hero of the people, defending the democracy, in a democratic world the government shall never go unchecked and it's the partiotical obligation of any citizen to uncover the corruption. It's just the matter of time when they will name the streets after him.
Love all of these videos! Such great content
When I first heard about him and his “crimes” I was confused about it.
sounds like a little bitch if you ask me
Informative footage and appreciate the great effort!
Friend! He warned us about the spy program being more about us than terrorist!
The paintings are the best part of these videos! It seems the CIA mimics those it calls 'the enemy' and therefore becomes the enemy of its own citizens.
Man you can almost taste the boot through the screen lol😂
yk he was gud when cia seethes this much over him
Very thorough
This is illustrative as to how our enemy's actions force us to be more like them in diverging from our core values.
I’ve been loving your videos. You really deserve more followers!
Great channel. Informative, interesting with an element of storytelling. Subscribed
great content as always
Appreciate it!
Very balanced. Thanks.❤
you are an amazing narrator!
The art in this video is awesome
Both, friend to the public but sadly also the enemy, but foe to governments and all around the globe we trot on.
When it happened, as a US Veteran, I was absolutely against Snowden's actions. But I know more now.
The absolute panic I have seen coming from the American establishment since President Trump won the Presidency without their permission has exposed much to the American people. We now know just how deep the corruption goes. Our government is simply not what we thought it was.
It is truly a struggle now between the ruling elite and the people. With this newer knowledgeI can look back on Snowden's decisions and appreciate him for what he did.
Thank you for your service Mr Mc Govern
@@MT-lo7dt Thank you
Yes, yes and yes. I’m in total agreement with you. Snowden single-handedly did more damage to the USA intelligence apparatus than has been accomplished in many decades. They’re still recovering from that, and I think that’s great!! He’s aces with me!
" Without their permission..." You're waking up.
the government is corrupted since the day they allow lobbyist. money=corruption. is this a surprise?
I think in any organization, you do need a few troublemakers to keep things honest. It seems like the person who would routinely break protocol and go over heads is exactly the type of person who would be a whistle blower.
Apart from the very informative content of these videos, the watercolor pictures that illustrate them are absolutely fabulous!
Brilliant illustrations
14:08 Having worked in the industry for almost 25 years there was no convincing involved. You wouldn't believe how many people with access to confidential data have given me their credentials unsolicited. I guarantee you that, at most, he said something like "I need to fix X for you. Could you give me your password?"
Stop doing this people!
I used to sympathize with Snowdon, but those millions of files he took trouble me now.
I think he may have taken other files to use as a bargaining chip.
Or sell to Russia.
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Russia was never the plan you fkin shill.
Also how do you see his lifestory and do not think he is a patriot.
But he beliefes more in what his country should stand for than the people running it.
He doesn't even have any classified information anymore... Gave it all to journalists to decide what was appropriate to be published. Hasn't worked for the government in over 10 years. Whatever he used to know is uselessly out of date now. Reality check...
same here...
It's just unfortunate that everyone completely forgot about the issue of government surveillance with the circus that was the 2016 election.
Very informative; thanks!
Snowden seems more a bad guy than good imo. He seems to have stolen much more than needed for his supposed good cause. Now a Russian?? Hmmm....
So we're openly racist now, are we? What the frig is wrong with living in Russia?
I used to feel he was more villain than hero but with hindsight, I'm grateful for some of what hes exposed. He's a complicated dude, as are most of us, full of contradictions. He made a bad move not facing the music and exposing identities
Why should he "face the music"? And get tortured to death at some CIA blacksite?
Fair assessment! I largely share your view.
he literally would be in supermax isolation for the rest of his natural life, i think he did the right thing considering what he is risking attempting to "have his day in court "
do u remember what happened with jeff epstein and the current incarceration of ghislaine maxwell? big big big example why he shouldn't be in the us
@@stella-vu8vh not sure if you are defending peados here??
Face his day? He’d end up like Assange. 😅
Snowden: "Hey, the government's being really shady. Here's proof."
The Government: "uh, uh, he's unreliable, don't listen to him! Look at his record that we totally didn't fabricate to make him look untrustworthy! Unlike us, we're suuuuuuuper trustworthy! Eh, just don't look into our track record."
I appreciate that you pronounce Maryland correctly. Thank you very much. Lol
I watched an interview where he said he had shin splints. And was told if he moved onto the next stage of the training course, parachuting, his legs would last. They'd turn to dust because of the shin splints. I don't remember him saying he'd broke both his legs. Where did he say this?
He’s odd, a phenomenon. But somebody had to educate nobodies like me to reality. I got my heart in America, but my feet on the ground, also
Good thing he did not get into the military. He would have been in so much trouble with that behavior.
The artwork in you videos is extraodinary.
I've got mixed feelings about Snowden. It does seem to me that incidents like this are good for our democracy. Laws allow our government to do to us what are illegal for us to do to the government. To shine light on this as Snowden has apparently done can be as good as it is bad. So it should be encouraged as much as it is discouraged. How to do that????
To throw mud at Snowden is outrageous. So we see that he told some lies in his past. I suspect it would be harder to find someone who hasn't told lies in our country than who have. Matter of fact, it's likely that the US lies on a regular basis. People can come up with conspiracy theories and reveal them to the universe but to bring proof, are destroying our democracy? How screwed up is that?
Thank you for the well prepared documentary.
Thanks
Thanks so much Theresa!
Isn’t the program 18X-Ray not X18?
The layover in Russia on that flight from Hong Kong to Ecuador? Ya seems legit.
Not happy with NSA/playing along with KGB, what a life!
comment on your 3yr old fed account
@@richarddixon4303 what you talking about??
@@johngrosariu1992 This dude is retarded, ignore him.
Im not sure about this guy honestly....
A patriot to America and a brother to all mankind. Snowden will go down in history as a legend.
Good fondue
I feel like Im being debriefed by M, great stuff
You don't get to live in Russia free and clear. You've got to have something they want. Guess what he has for them.
He seemed like a no nonsense guy. This is why he didn't follow chain of command. 😮
He's a bigger rat than Sammy the Bull
Hahaha...Fed
Nothing to debate, the only thing he is guilty of Leaving America. Most of Americans Likes him for Disclosing the NSA Listening on our persons. Then thing is I get the whole point about keeps America Homeland Safe unlike 911. They should have to work together to figure a way for them to serval Certain people but at the same time not listening to our Personal Conversations.
Snowden is a traitor.
if they can't/won't listen to personal conversation then how do they know who is the next xyz? if you want hard work people, you look for some sore of identification. Asian hardly do concrete work but most are mexican(in where i live). if you looking for someone for such job, are look go looking for the Asian or Mexican?
Unbelievable ..
I think that we all know that spying is the second oldest profession in the world and is a fact of life, even necessary but Snowdon has been proven correct in subsequent years. The use of the clandestine services as Ian anti democratic weapon of lawfare is apparent to all. The analogy I always fall back to is that of an immune system lacking sufficient natural exercise fighting alien invaders has turned on its own host and is attacking it instead. We have an autoimmune disorder in the form of under-utilised three letter agencies attempting to make themselves seem relevant to preserve their fiefdoms. A state that believes all its citizens to be enemies of the state is no better than a terrorist state. As an Englishman I envy you your constitution and the protections it awards you against a rogue state in the form of your own government.
Did what he do help the C_a? Fo3?
More people should see that and realize the US isn't that different from Russia, better start to distance them now until it's to late.
If you think no other countries are doing this then you're wholly naive.
With one significant difference- Putin or Lavrov or my brothers don't pontificate ad nauseum about freedom and democracy!
History will see him a hero. I do now.
More fool you. Snowden is a traitor.
High School and Army-Training Drop Out walks into a Top Secret job at the CIA? Bit of a jump in the video.
Well he's not that much of a genius if he thought they would stop any of it without any of the top top people ever going to prison for anything and losing any assets they have. 😂
Why would they stop it, they were just rename it/rebrand it and roll it out into something new
He's my buddy.
What if this dude was Russian intelligence the entire time?
He isn't you bot.
@@420noscopesonlylol6 bro really?
Oh, sure! Everyone who dares to disagree with the Blake Association is FSB!
Edward Snowden of Falcon & the Snowden fame claims he tried to use correct channels.
Interesting though. that he chose to fly to Hong Kong in Communist China and to Russia.
He could've gone to the NY Times as in the film 3 Days of the Condor. But he screwed up.
Common PT banger
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Bo kattte rhow ut all started he a been living on putins graces for over a decade . He is not trustwothy now for sure .
4 comments on your new fed account your total not trustworthy
Ooooohhhh so dramatic..,..,,…. Snowden’s been forgotten.,……. Guy from the Duran was in Russia for a week……. ignored the ldea of visiting him…,,
Russia has an asset in this man
And WHO took his passport away and left him stranded in the " neutral zone " of the Sheremetevo Airport? Putin or my brother???
Neither friend nor foe.
He was just letting the world know what the United States does to countries and their people.
Intel community should always favor the American citizens. Our skin color, gender, language should not matter. Just always be in favor of American citizens and against Russia, China, N Korea, Iran etc.❤️🇺🇲❤️
Snowden. Hmm.
Foe for himself.
Snowden is a true patriot.
He's a Kremlin asset.
yes a patriot of Russia NOT the USA
@@Volar777agreed 👍🏾
Snowden is a traitor.
Lot of inaccuracies in the report on Snowden, that too after a decade.... Disappointed.
If Philip Thompson is so down on Snowden, he should probably read the Constitution.
His big revelation doesn't seem so earth shattering. So they collect information on millions of people. That's bad, but surely there's got to be more to the story than this.
How private companies mine data or and use it in your everyday life is more compelling. Plus it's all done with AI that doesn't have any moral concerns. The gov't is satisfied so long as you pay taxes and don't run for office.
ML models and dozens of tools used to influence public opinion, guide elections, persuade attitudes towards laws which restrict freedom, etc. Plus ensure no Americans have the ability to organize an uprising to stop what is happening to them. Let the rich rape the poor for their labor.
Worth watching CitizenFour for further context
Nah there is quite literally means to whistleblow in a way to also protect sensitive personnel and without damaging non illegal operations there are literally law offices meant to help blow the whistle on illegal stuff and still protect the whistle blower whilst protecting legal operations and people.
Not for contractors like Snowden.
Traitors...Life without parole...
That would be you 1 comment in 12yrs on your troll bot account one of your many troll bot accounts obviously
@@richarddixon4303 : Says a troll. Are you a CCP bot ?
Throwing in with the Kremlin is not a good look.
Better than life in prison
It was not "Throwing in" but "Thrown by the US government" because they invalidated his passport as he flew across Russia.
Yeah I would of made same move, plus he's balls deep in money now, dude gets a min. Of 10k for a speaking event . Plus if the US really wanted him dead , he'd be dead. Government has an open checkbook.
@@KA-ze2hzhe’s a traitor and should be treated as such
Neither is your 3 comments on your troll bot account fed
familiship or familishit?
Get Biden out of office.
SNOWDEN má mozog 👍👏
I am so glad the internet in the late 90s and early 2000s was so virgin and basic... The stuff I could easily access back then, would get me incarcerated immediately today...
Enemy and should be tried for treason
2 comments in 9yrs on your fed account
@@richarddixon4303 ON THIS CHANNEL.
Do you comprehend how youtube works?
Shut the fuck up, loser.
@@richarddixon4303 so who cares
@@madhatter4743 obviously you libtard how many troll bot accounts you running anyway more than afew libtarded brainwashed indoctrinated Democrat
You know darn well that he would never be tried legally- for treason or anything else.
Asange was much bigger player, a greater than Snowden. So his life is on the edge. Why Trump didnt pardon him its a pity
He should of never went to the U.S.S.R...
Ed opened up many eyes…..he’s a hero.
Only if you are a Russian.
Snowden is a traitor.
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There is a difference between potential abuse of power, and actual abuse of power.
Snowden complained about the potential abuse of power - a valid concern. But never about actual abuse of power.
The way he did so - by exposing it to the world, and then later moving to Russia - is a problem. He is a sad case of stupidity, not a hero.
How else could he had exposed it? Also he didn't willingly move to Russia, rather his passport was frozen and had no other option, I believe he initially wanted to go to Ecuador. Either way what the US government did is disastrous. I mean compiling information of everyone about everything is bad enough, and I really doubt that there was other way to expose what was happening, as the NSA was actually expanding the extent of their surveillance and upgrading their storage, plus all the corruption and governments desire for more and more power. I do think he's a hero and what he did is nothing but courageous.
@@gabrieloursoff624922:36 of the video suggests otherwise
Lol, the NSA is a massive actual abuse of power. Nothing potential about it. And this was 10 years ago! Imagine what they can do now.
2 comments in 3yrs on your troll bot account fed
Snowden did nothing wrong explamrary citizen of the earth
Wake up. Snowden is a traitor.
22:00 to skip the recap of history you already know.