Update: Now that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden is officially Russian, he “may well be conscripted to fight in Russia’s war in Ukraine,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Monday.
The mobilization of 300,000 people in recent days has centered on reservists and those withor “specialized military skills.” The list of what the military is looking for is classified, so it is not clear if they are interested in those with a computer consultant background.
Snowden, who previously worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, leaked information in 2013 that revealed details on sweeping surveillance programs of Americans’ phone records run by the U.S. intelligence community. The revelations about the programs raised numerous questions about civil liberties and privacy in the United States, and Snowden has been living in Russia since the leaks in an attempt to evade prosecution over leaking classified information., the U.S.
“I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA’s activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them,” he said on Twitter.READ THIS LIST
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