Edward Snowden - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Edward Snowden Index / People Transcripts Roberta Jacobson ...States. It then came from people like Edward Snowden and the particular relationship wit... ...relationship with Ecuador that Snowden had. So I think—those were moments i... ...wanted to ask about the fallout from Snowden 's revelations about US surveillance. ... ...that she could relate to. Then you had Snowden , and others, who were fanning thos... ...in some respects with WikiLeaks and Snowden , etc., but not obliterated. I think w... Michael Morell ...talk about, of course, but I think [Edward J.] Snowden . Snowden is a big intelligence stor... ...but I think [Edward J.] Snowden. Snowden is a big intelligence story that brok... ...communities get them in trouble. So the Snowden thing—I mean, there are severa... ...but one I can actually talk about is, Snowden is a great example of that. This is a... ...to drones a little bit, but also to Snowden , which you brought up a minute ago... ...nature of the world that we live in. Snowden is a great example of that. It used t... ...to be that if you had somebody like a Snowden , they could maybe steal a fe... ...become public, they create issues. So Snowden , some of the documents that—I'm no... ...end of the day, is the biggest damage Snowden did, was to the credibility of th... ...problem here.” So yes, I think Snowden was the beginning of that, and it'... ...in general, have a problem because of Snowden and other things, but because of wha... Show more... William Burns ...especially complicated year, with the Snowden affair, with Edward Snowden, bein... ...year, with the Snowden affair, with Edward Snowden , being given asylum, in effect, i... Ash Carter ...really; but also incidents like the [Edward J.] Snowden incident—that was essential to ou... Betsy Bramon ...was certainly a big part of that. The Edward Snowden leaks were a huge part and somethin... ...as well ask about it now. How did the Snowden revelations affect—the word I want t... Terry Szuplat ...new Afghanistan surge policy. After the [Edward J.] Snowden revelations, a big speech about how w... Naureen Shah ...one thing we didn't mention is the [Edward J.] Snowden revelations of the year before. And ... ...of Congress really reacted to the Snowden revelations in a way commensurate wit... ...there was something up, even before the Snowden stuff came out. But by that point... ...in terms of global surveillance and the Snowden stuff, I didn't feel like there wa... ...and continuing to push. I mean, the Snowden stuff was wild, too, because part o... ...with any government official on Snowden stuff was, they are outraged tha... ...stuff was, they are outraged that Snowden said something. And you had to firs... ...they would love to do a drone strike on Edward Snowden . And I was, like, just like, kin... ...concerned by what had happened with Snowden —meaning, really concerned by what h... ...as a result of revelations like the Snowden revelations, or public conversation... ...for Amnesty, because of the Snowden revelations, because of drone strikes... Show more... Ben Rhodes ...his support for Assad, Putin taking in Edward Snowden . Things had already deteriorated wit... James Risen ...And I know that WikiLeaks and [Edward] Snowden both had an effect on their thinkin... ...investigations because of WikiLeaks and Snowden , which is not true. No, because yo... John Hennessy ...particular at one point referencing the [Edward] Snowden leak, as an example. Can you tell m... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Labor Labor go to the Transparency and Media Transparency and Media go to the Western Hemisphere Western Hemisphere go to the Financial Crisis and the Economy Financial Crisis and the Economy go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns