Snowden at SXSW: We Need Oversight

Snowden of course has been leaking documents that he stole from confidential databases when he was a low-level IT contractor for the US government. The leaks have centered around allegations that the NSA and other intelligence bodies have been eavesdropping on private citizens’ telephone and internet communications in a wholesale fashion, all in the name of national security. The leaks have gone beyond that though, and have included evidence of international eavesdropping on allied countries’ governments, along with the revelation of sensitive information like the budgets for CIA undercover projects, cybersecurity task forces and so on.