Snowden: ‘My Mission Is Accomplished, I Already Won’

Snowden: ‘My Mission Is Accomplished, I Already Won’
Edward Snowden, former CIA employee and National Security Agency (NSA) contractor turned whistleblower, recently spoke with the Washington Post in Russia, where he has been given asylum. According to Snowden, his “mission is accomplished.” Snowden’s leaking of US spying secrets revealed a global surveillance system of unprecedented proportions, and sparked controversy between the US and foreign leaders that had their privacy breached. He has been termed the greatest threat to the US in its history.