Cryptome’s critique of Snowden Inc.

Re:Cryptome’s critique of Snowden Inc. by gherkin0 on Thursday February 25, 2016 @01:13PM (#11176380)

> I would like to know how Snowden was connected to the people he eventually gave that information to

Snowden selected Greenwald and Poitras and reached out to them via email:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/laura-poitras-sno...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Greenwald#Contact_with_E...

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Re:Cryptome’s critique of Snowden Inc. by 2close4comfort on Thursday February 25, 2016 @02:06PM (#11176874)

Do you think these were his 1st choices?

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Re:Cryptome’s critique of Snowden Inc. by gherkin0 on Thursday February 25, 2016 @06:03PM (#11178558)

I have no idea, but the question was about "how he was connected" to the people he released the info to. The answer was: he wasn't until he made contact himself.

He must've made a list of journalists he knew of who he thought would be sympathetic to the message he wanted to send. Maybe Greenwald/Poitras weren't at the top of the list, but some quick Googling doesn't reveal anything about anyone else he may have tried to contact before them.

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