斯諾登在莫斯科做宅男 自稱已經取得勝利
Keeping a mostly low-profile as a US fugitive in Moscow, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has suddenly resurfaced in the media, saying he is confident his personal “mission is already accomplished” and he has “already won” after leaking NSA secrets. The challenge now, he believes, is to stress the importance of privacy and urge an end to mass government surveillance.
Snowden gave a more than 14-hour interview to The Washington Post, which says it’s the first he has conducted in person since arriving in the Russian capital in June. He follows that up by speaking directly to the British public in a televised message that will be broadcast Wednesday as an alternative to the queen’s annual Christmas speech.
Snowden told the Post he was satisfied because journalists have been able to tell the story of the US government’s collection of bulk Internet and phone records, an activity that has grown dramatically in the decade since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
“For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission’s already accomplished,” he said in the interview, which was published online Monday night. “I already won.”
“As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything that I had been trying to do was validated,” Snowden told the Post. “Because, remember, I didn’t want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.”
Snowden also gave insight into his life in Russia, suggesting that he’s not getting out much by being “an indoor cat.”
Now, Snowden will set out why he believes mass surveillance by governments is wrong and note the importance of the debate his disclosures have ignited.
“The conversation occurring today will determine the amount of trust we can place both in the technology that surrounds us and the government that regulates it,” he says, according to excerpts from the message released by Channel 4. “Together we can find a better balance, end mass surveillance and remind the government that if it really wants to know how we feel asking is always cheaper than spying.”
The queen delivers Britain’s “Royal Christmas Message,” but Channel 4 has used its annual alternative version to give a platform to people as diverse as Iran’s then-President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in 2008, and fictional characters including Ali G. and Marge Simpson in 1999 and 2004, respectively.
In his UK message, Snowden calls modern surveillance more invasive than any envisioned by “1984” author George Orwell, saying that children today will grow up without knowing what it means to have an unrecorded or private moment.
“That’s a problem because privacy matters, privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be,” he says.
Snowden was interviewed by the Post in Moscow over two days by reporter Barton Gellman, who has received numerous leaks from Snowden. The interview was conducted six months after Snowden’s revelations first appeared in the Post and the Guardian newspaper.
Gellman described Snowden as relaxed and animated over two days of nearly unbroken conversation.
In June, the Justice Department unsealed a criminal complaint charging Snowden, a former NSA contractor, with espionage and felony theft of government property. Russia granted him temporary asylum five months ago.
The effects of Snowden’s revelations have been evident in the courts, Congress, Silicon Valley and capitals around the world, where even US allies have reacted angrily to reports of US monitoring of their leaders’ cellphone calls. Brazil and members of the European Union are considering ways to better protect their data and US technology companies such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are looking at ways to block the collection of data by the government.
Snowden, now 30, said he is not being disloyal to the US or to his former employer.
“I am not trying to bring down the NSA, I am working to improve the NSA,” he said. “I am still working for the NSA right now. They are the only ones who don’t realize it.”一向行事低調的美國逃犯、美國國家安全局承包商前僱員愛德華•斯諾登突然又出現在了媒體面前。泄漏美國國家安全局的機密之後，斯諾登相信自己的“使命已經完成、已經贏了。”他相信，目前的挑戰是，增強公衆的個人隱私意識，大家攜手終結政府監控。
斯諾登接受了《華盛頓郵報》長達14小時的採訪，這是他自6月份抵達俄羅斯首都以來，第一次個人專訪。之後，斯諾登又錄製了一期英國電視臺節目，他將會在25號英國女王伊麗莎白二世的年度聖誕致辭播出的時段發表“另類的聖誕致辭。”
斯諾登告訴《華盛頓郵報》說，自己很滿意。因爲，媒體能夠把美國政府蒐集大部分公民的上網記錄和電話記錄這件事情報道出來了。自從2001年9月11號的恐怖襲擊發生後，美國政府對公民的監控就越來越嚴格。
23號網上發佈的一期採訪中，他說：“就個人滿足感而言，我已經完成了使命，我贏了。”
斯諾登告訴《華盛頓郵報》：“在記者們可以開始他們的工作那一刻，我一直以來的努力都沒有白費。因爲，記住，我不想改變社會。我想給社會一個機會去判定，是否應該改變自身。斯諾登透露他在俄羅斯的生活時，自稱“家貓”，不常出門。
現在，斯諾登將闡述爲什麼他相信政府對公民的監控是錯誤的、爲什麼泄密引發的探討有重大意義。
摘錄自英國第四頻道電視臺的訊息中，他說：“今天的談話將決定我們對周圍科技手段、以及管理科技手段的政府的信任程度。大家團結起來力量大，才能與政府力量抗衡。大家一起努力去結束政府監控，提醒政府：如果真的想了解公衆想法的話，詢問民意要比監控實惠得多。”
傳統的聖誕致辭是英國女王發表的年度“皇家聖誕致辭”。但是，英國第四頻道在這一時段播出了“另類聖誕致辭”。它給人們提供了一個平臺去體驗不同版本的聖誕致辭。節目中分別發表聖誕致辭的有2008年伊朗總統馬哈茂德•艾哈邁迪-內賈德、小說虛構人物Ali G和1990年和2004年動畫片《辛普森一家》中的瑪琦•辛普森 （Marge Simpson ）。
英國第四頻道電視臺的訊息中，斯諾登稱現代的監控範圍遠比喬治•奧威爾（George Orwell）在經典反烏托邦作品《1984》中預想的更爲廣泛。今天的孩子們長大後，將不知道隱私爲何物。
他說：“那是一個問題。因爲隱私很重要，隱私決定我們是誰、我們想成爲什麼樣的人。”
斯諾登接受了《華盛頓郵報》記者巴頓•格爾曼 （Barton Gellman）爲期兩天的採訪，採訪期間，斯諾登披露了大量機密信息。2013年6月，斯諾登第一次出現在媒體，爲《衛報》和《華盛頓郵報》披露機密信息。
格爾曼說，斯諾登在爲期兩天的採訪中心情放鬆、充滿活力，談話基本上沒有終止過。
6月份，美國司法部接手了一起刑事訴訟，該訴訟指控美國國家安全局承包商前僱員斯諾登從事間諜活動、盜竊政府財產。五個月前，俄羅斯爲斯諾登提供臨時政治庇護。
斯諾登泄密對美國法院、國會、硅谷和世界各個國家政府的影響都很大。即便是美國的同盟國，也對美國監控該國領導人電話記錄的行爲表示憤慨。巴西和歐盟成員國正在考慮能夠更好地保護國家數據不受美國監控的方案。像谷歌、微軟和雅虎這些美國的科技公司也在尋找方案來阻止美國政府收集公司內部數據。
30歲的斯諾登說，他沒有背叛美國，沒有背叛前僱主。
他說：“我沒有試圖去推翻美國國家安全局（NSA），我致力於改善它。我仍然在爲美國國家安全局效力，他們是唯一沒有意識到這些的人。”
