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NSA whistleblower likely had easy access to classified data

Edward Snowden resurfaced in Hong Kong today vowing to fight U.S. efforts to extradite him on charges he leaked classified documents. Snowden’s comments came as questions continue to swirl about how he managed to get his hands on top secret National Security Agency documents while employed as a relatively low-level IT contract worker. Security experts say it’s not surprising that Snowden had access to classified documents as part of his job. System administrators often get extremely elevated privileges from an IT context, experts say.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2133629/nsa-whistleblower-likely-had-easy-access-to-classified-data.html

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