the hospital says lit bring in experts to get answers. edward snowden was a spy. that's what he told nbc. the man who leaked 1,000 nsa documents says he was not a low level systems administrator but a cia spy. as you know for nearly a year edward snowden has been exiled in russia, unable to leave after blowing the lid on the spying program and earning charges of espionage. now the man known as a whistle-blower is breaking the silence about the other key role he claims to have served. >> i was trained as a spy in the traditional sense of the world. i worked for the central intelligence agency under cover, overseas. i worked for the national security agency under cover, overseas, and i worked for i developed sources and methods for keeping our information and people secure in the most hostile and dangerous