Snowden only attacked the NSA. He had access and knowledge of CIA's attacks on privacy and did not release any of their information or tools. CIA tools that we now know about because Wikileaks got their hands on them and released it all. Backdoors to all kinds of systems. CIA can spy on US citizens, they just do it through other avenues by using FISA courts to target people in contact with US citizens or by using partners in Five Eyes.
Snowden was a CIA plant sent to damage the NSA. Here's why:
Snowden was a former CIA contractor (Sys Admin). https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/edward-snowden-interview/who-edward-snowden-man-who-spilled-nsas-secrets-n114861
Snowden only attacked the NSA. He had access and knowledge of CIA's attacks on privacy and did not release any of their information or tools. CIA tools that we now know about because Wikileaks got their hands on them and released it all. Backdoors to all kinds of systems. CIA can spy on US citizens, they just do it through other avenues by using FISA courts to target people in contact with US citizens or by using partners in Five Eyes.
The CIA spied on the Senate and got away with it. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/a-brief-history-of-the-cias-unpunished-spying-on-the-senate/384003/
Snowden was only concerned with the NSA but specifically ignored the shady shit that the CIA was doing. That's quite telling.
Leaving this here ;)
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