this is the cbs evening news. glor: good evening, everyone, i am jeff glor, we now know his name, age and reason. he is 29-year-old edward snowden, the man behind what has been called the biggest intelligence leak in the history of the national security agency. showden says he did it in his word because the u.s. government is, destroying privacy and basic liberties around the world. jan crawford in washington has more. my name is ed snowden, i am 29 years old, i work for booz allen hamilton as an infrastructure analyst for n.s.a. in hawaii. reporter: the guardian released the interview sunday afternoon revealing snowden s identity at his request. a former c.i.a. technician who grew up in north carolina and maryland, snowden says he decided to leak classified information because of concerns about the n.s.a.s top secret surveillance programs. i sit at my desk, certainly have the authority to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the
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