(Source:Shane Harris, Foreign Policy)
Nearly three years before he revealed himself as the source of leaked
documents about NSA surveillance, Edward Snowden traveled to New Delhi,
India. There, he spent six days taking courses in computer hacking and
programming at a local professional school, according to school
officials and people familiar with Snowden's trip.
Working with a
private instructor, Snowden, who was then a contractor for the spy
agency, took a course in "ethical hacking," where he learned advanced
techniques for breaking into computer systems and exploiting flaws in
software. The class's ostensible purpose is to train students to protect
computers and their contents from thieves and spies. But in order to do
that, they learn how to break into computers and steal information.
Snowden also inquired about...
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