Washington Post’s Barton Gellman Interviews Edward Snowden

The best interview so far. Here’s one exchange worth highlighting:

Gellman: “It is commonly said of Snowden that he broke an oath of secrecy, a turn of phrase that captures a sense of betrayal. NSA Director Keith B. Alexander and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr., among many others, have used that formula.”

[Gellman interjects: “Snowden noted matter-or-factly that Standard Form 312, the classified-information nondisclosure agreement, is a civil contract. He signed it, but he pledged his fealty elsewhere.”]