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Re:Snowden appeals to 15 countries for political asylum by iamaporkchop on Monday July 01, 2013 @02:08PM (#5972499)
He'd been employed by the NSA and CIA since 2006, and had top-secret clearance by 2009. Presumably this obviates the theory of "worked there for a few months to get access to sensitive information".
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Re:Snowden appeals to 15 countries for political asylum by Kylekramer on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:27PM (#5972999)
Snowden himself made a similar claim minus the clearance part:

"My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked,” he told the Post on June 12. “That is why I accepted that position about three months ago.”

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1268209/exclusive...

Of course, this is trusting that the South China Morning Post is faithfully reporting what he said in the interview.

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