Snowden has been very sparing about discussing his early life or his personal life.

Cheney was among the best secretaries of defence the country has ever had. He was a very effective White House chief of staff. He did not make many enemies, and he had the ability to persuade people with that soft tone and very reasonable style of his. He's always been exceptionally good as the right-hand man.

The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.

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