Snowden went to WAPO first but they didn't publish within his requested 72 hrs (ran by Govt)

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12. Apropos of god knows what:

In 2003, Snowden enlisted in the United States Army with the hope of eventually joining the Special Forces. He was discharged after breaking both of his legs in a training accident. He then went to work as a security guard for a covert NSA facility at the University of Maryland. After that he went to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he worked on IT security. In 2007 the CIA stationed him with diplomatic cover in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was responsible for maintaining computer network security. Leaving the CIA in 2009, he worked for a private contractor inside an NSA facility on a United States military base in Japan.[5]

At the time of his departure from the US in May 2013, he had been working for defense contractor and private intelligence agency Booz Allen Hamilton for less than three months, as a system administrator inside of the NSA in Hawaii.[6][7] He described his life as "very comfortable", living with his girlfriend and earning a salary of "roughly US$200,000."[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

“I’ve been a spy for almost all of my adult life..."

From the OP link.