Ex-CIA employee, Edward Snowden, working as a contractor at the U.S. National Security Agency says he leaked details of a top secret U.S. surveillance program, Prism, acting out of conscience to protect "basic liberties for people around the world."
The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems
of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a
top secret document obtained by the Guardian.
The NSA access is
part of a previously undisclosed program called PRISM, which allows
officials to collect material including search history, the content of
emails, file transfers and live chats, the document says.
The
Guardian has verified the authenticity of the document, a 41-slide
PowerPoint presentation -- classified as top secret with no distribution
to foreign allies -- which was apparently used to train intelligence
operatives on the capabilities of the program. The document claims
"collection directly from the servers" of major US service providers.
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