Gordon Corera

Or is it just that he's been missing for work for so long? But it seems a little bit odd because some of the timelines don't quite match up here, I have to say, with that visit to his girlfriend. But clearly someone is suspicious about him. So, yeah, he knows the net is closing.

Yeah, you check it. So there we are. I think he knows time is running out. He knows the net might be closing around him. But at last, as we head towards June the 5th, the first story is about to come out and the world is about to learn about Edward Snowden. And I don't think it's ever going to be the same again.

Yeah, you check it. So there we are. I think he knows time is running out. He knows the net might be closing around him. But at last, as we head towards June the 5th, the first story is about to come out and the world is about to learn about Edward Snowden. And I don't think it's ever going to be the same again.

Yeah, you check it. So there we are. I think he knows time is running out. He knows the net might be closing around him. But at last, as we head towards June the 5th, the first story is about to come out and the world is about to learn about Edward Snowden. And I don't think it's ever going to be the same again.

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As opposed to being signed by you. Well, thanks for listening, and we'll see you next time. We'll see you next time.

As opposed to being signed by you. Well, thanks for listening, and we'll see you next time. We'll see you next time.

As opposed to being signed by you. Well, thanks for listening, and we'll see you next time. We'll see you next time.

Absolutely. So last time we looked at Edward Snowden's the early years. Him, the young Snowden, a kind of guy who grew up with computers and the internet, loved them. A libertarian who goes to work as a contractor, CIA, works in the CIA elsewhere, clearly chafes at some of the restrictions on him, has some difficulties at work, also has an ideology.

Absolutely. So last time we looked at Edward Snowden's the early years. Him, the young Snowden, a kind of guy who grew up with computers and the internet, loved them. A libertarian who goes to work as a contractor, CIA, works in the CIA elsewhere, clearly chafes at some of the restrictions on him, has some difficulties at work, also has an ideology.

Absolutely. So last time we looked at Edward Snowden's the early years. Him, the young Snowden, a kind of guy who grew up with computers and the internet, loved them. A libertarian who goes to work as a contractor, CIA, works in the CIA elsewhere, clearly chafes at some of the restrictions on him, has some difficulties at work, also has an ideology.

So one of the kind of key questions, which I think we'll come back to is, you know, what explains his journey? How far is it about about grievance and how far is it about ideology. And we left him in Japan working as a contractor for NSA and having seen some of the really secret programs in there, which suggested the NSA was collecting data about American phone records.

So one of the kind of key questions, which I think we'll come back to is, you know, what explains his journey? How far is it about about grievance and how far is it about ideology. And we left him in Japan working as a contractor for NSA and having seen some of the really secret programs in there, which suggested the NSA was collecting data about American phone records.

So one of the kind of key questions, which I think we'll come back to is, you know, what explains his journey? How far is it about about grievance and how far is it about ideology. And we left him in Japan working as a contractor for NSA and having seen some of the really secret programs in there, which suggested the NSA was collecting data about American phone records.

So after that, he does that for a couple of years. Then age 28, 2011, he goes back to the US and he takes another kind of tech role. He's a liaison between the company Dell and the CIA coming up with cloud computing solutions. So again, another really techie job.