The Most Wanted Man in the World: Edward Snowden in His Own Words

[Silence]

My name is Ed Snowden. I used to work for the government.

And now I work for the public.

Technology is the greatest equalizer in human history.

It allows us to try on new faces, join new communities.

Engage in new conversations and discover who we are

and what we want to become.

Our generation is facing a time where

governments around the world are questioning whether

or not individuals can be trusted with

the power of technology, if we can be left to our own

devices and use it creatively rather than destructively.

And while I don't know the answer to that question,

what I do know is that governments shouldn't

be the ones to decide, we should.

And what I did was not to benefit myself.

I didn't ask for money.

I gave this information back to public hands.

And the reason that I did that was not to gain a label.

But to give you back a choice

about the country you want to live in.

[Silence]