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WIRED September 2014 Issue Trailer: Edward Snowden, the Untold Story

Award-winning author James Bamford spent three days interviewing Edward Snowden in Moscow. He emerged with an indelible portrait of the elusive whistleblower, one that sheds new light on exactly what led Snowden to decide to leak tens of thousands of top-secret documents. Also in this month's issue: A new scientific effort to understand nutrition and health plus a riveting profile of Sin City auteur Frank Miller.

Released on 08/15/2014

Transcript

[Ed] My name is Ed Snowden.

I used to work for the government.

And now I work for the public.

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I have interviewed numerous whistleblowers

from NSA in the past

and this is sort of the ultimate whistleblower.

[Platon] This guy is probably one

of the most wanted people on the planet.

[James] One of the most striking things he said,

Not only do I believe in something,

I believe in it enough that I'm willing

to set my own life on fire and burn it to the ground.

And I believe that because that's basically what he did.

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