The Guardian has published a series of interviews with Edward Snowden, filmed in Hong Kong, explaining the decisions behind leaking the details and scope of domestic spying in the US.
Interview with Glenn Greenwald – Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations

• Q&A with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: ‘I do not expect to see home again’

Source of US intel leak outs self despite probe threat (via AFP)

A 29-year-old government contractor revealed himself on Sunday as the source of bombshell leaks of US monitoring of Internet users and phone records, as US intelligence pressed for a criminal probe. Edward Snowden, who has been working at the National Security Agency for the past four years, admitted…