n.s.a. contractor that is a day that would forever change not only a future of his life but that of the free world as well you see may 20th was the day that n.s.a. contractor edward snowden at just 30 years old 1st arrived in hong kong with a cache of top secret documents that he would later use to reveal that the free world was not as free as our leaders promised us it was now 6 years later edward snowden a surveillance state whistleblower heard around the world has released a memoir of his life entitled permanent record the book not only delves into the events and circumstances that made him a permanent figure in our collective history books but it also fits into a record his deep love and respect for another outside hero in this journey his wife lindsay mills and speaking about the release of the book snowden told guardian journalist ewen macaskill who was one of the original journalists he met in hong kong back in 2012 the quote you have to be ready to stand for something if you want to change that is what i hope this book will help people come to decide for themselves and her stage righ

n.s.a. contractor to leak classified documents revealing the extent of u.s. and u.k. government surveillance but that's material for suporn and the data both refugees from. their families asylum applications in hong kong have been rejected they are now faced with deportation and an uncertain future. it's just a game for 3 year old enough but for his family hiding has become a way of life one they're desperate to leave behind a 7 year old said sunday was just a baby. and tina was not even born when their parents asylum seekers from sri lanka found themselves sheltering us intelligence contracted turned whistleblower edward snowden since their role in his story came to light they haven't felt safe father suppose and received threatening phone calls some course. in real way door to study for their trade rescaling so we brought it home and we cared for my whole point importers was sleeping disorder or one really horrible one we really have to be always. real to be always be safe it's very difficult the family's lawyer says they've been followed and questioned by hong kong

n.s.a. contractor calls the crisis of conscious that led him to leak classified documents revealing the extent of u.s. government surveillance now it is 6 years since snowden shared that information from hong kong the place that he chose to unmask himself as soon as he did he found himself under threat and he found an unlikely hiding place with a group of asylum seekers they sheltered him in their homes for a couple of weeks before he fled to moscow where he's now living in exile but most of those people are still stuck in hong kong authorities there have rejected their asylum applications and they now face deportation to sri lanka the country that they fled their only hope is to have their asylum applications accepted in canada where 2 of the refugees were offered protection earlier this year we met one of the families in hong kong. it's just a game for 3 year old dana but for his family hiding has become a way of life one that desperate to leave behind a 7 year old said to me was just a baby. and tina was not even born when their parents asylum seekers from sri lanka found themselves shelter

n.s.a. contractor who, in 2013, leaked classified information, exposing the u.s. memoir is called "permanent record," and he joins us remotely from russia where he lives in exile. please welcome edward snowden. ( cheers and applause ) edward snowden, welcome to the show. >> good to be home. >> trevor: let's jump straight into the back because i don't know how long you have in that secret hideout where you're doing this interview from. >> it's just my apartment in moscow. ( laughter ) >> trevor: okay, okay. don't tell us where it is. don't pull a trump here, dude. come on. some people call you a patriot, others believe that you're a traitor. do you think this book will change people's perceptions and what do you see yourself as? >> well, when i set out to write this book, i wasn't trying to change opinions, i was just trying to tell the story of what has happened. i'm just an ordinary person. i'm like you. whistleblowers aren't like -- you know, we aren't elected, we're not exceptionally skilled. the thing that puts us in place, the thing that makes the disclosure

in 2013 snowden was working as a contractor for the n.s.a. the national security agency in interviews he said he became disillusioned with the work and had ethical concerns with the massive government surveillance programs he was working on. later that year snowden stole a trove of classified documents from the n.s.a. and leaked them to international journalists this was later dramatized in the film snowden. by the time the 1st articles based on the files were published snowden had fled to hong kong. the leaked information revealed how governments were using the online lives and devices of ordinary citizens to track listen to and take a video of them they could also read emails and text messages and it wasn't just used to catch the bad guys. they're using these here will be used intentionally to storm the public of vital embarrassing story by this i mean they're using the tools of mass surveillance not to find terrorists but to find the sources of journalists . journalists who have written stories that were embarrassing to the government but

in 2013 snowden was working as a contractor for the national security agency or n.s.a. in interviews he'd said he'd become disillusioned and had ethical concerns about the massive government surveillance programs that were part of his assignment later that year snowden was accused of leaking classified information to the media the documents revealed the way governments were using online data from the devices of ordinary citizens to monitor their lives snowden also sees more immediate dangers on our virtual doorstep an internet giant you can look around the world today and go governments are not there increasing more through with each passing year and you can say the same of these internet yards they have made an enemy of public privacy they make their money by selling our lives as a product snowden's adverse or is say he's sharing of classified files that disclosed military secrets to america's enemies and endangered the u.s. agents was a reckless act snowden has been living in exile in russia ever since the u.s. wants him extradited on espionage charges he could face d