• Thu   • Dec 19, 2013   • Updated: 9:53am  Edward Snowden
NewsHong Kong  Snowden sought Booz Allen job to gather evidence
on NSA surveillance  Fugitive whistle-blower reveals for first
time he took job at US government contractor with the sole aim
of collecting proof of spying activities  PUBLISHED : Monday, 24
June, 2013, 11:00pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 25 June, 2013, 4:49pm
Edward Snowden secured a job with a US government contractor for
one reason alone - to obtain evidence of Washington's
cyberspying networks, the South China Morning Post can reveal.
For the first time, Snowden has admitted he sought a position at
Booz Allen Hamilton so he could collect proof about the US
National Security Agency's secret surveillance programmes ahead
of planned leaks to the media.  "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."  During a live
global online chat last