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after he had begun communicating via e-mail with both the washington post and the guardian, a british newspaper. snowden disclosed to the papers details of a top secret surveillance program called prism operated by the national security agency, the nsa. last week snowden surfaced in hong kong via video to explain his actions. snowden denied any intent to harm u.s. security. he claimed he blew the whistle on the nsa to prompt a public debate about the program s legitimacy and propriety. he said he had taken refuge in hong kong, the same city and territory of the people s republic of china. snowden is resisting extradition to the united states, so damage assessments are already underway in the nsa and the cia, the central intelligence agency and the department of homeland security and in other federal agencies whose secrets show snowden is positioned to compromise. besides snowden s decision to put himself under the jurisdiction of hong kong, the timing of the disclosure is o

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