Edward Snowden: If I Could Do It All Again, I Would

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared via Google Hangout at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas today and said if he could do it all again, he would.

The former government contractor whose leaking of thousands of classified government documents has led to a global discussion about Internet privacy and surveillance, appeared in front of a green screen that showed Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.

Speaking to the ACLU's Christopher Soghoian, Snowden said of his disclosures, "The public has benefited. The government has benefited. Every society in the world has benefited.” Read more...