Snowden
SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena.
Director: Oliver Stone
Writer: Kieran Fitzgerald (screenplay by), Oliver Stone (screenplay by), Luke Harding (book), Anatoly Kucherena (book)
Production: Open Road Films
Year: 2016
MetaScore: 58/100
ImdbRating: 7.3
BoxOffice: $21,562,346
Released: 16 Sep 2016
Awards: 3 wins & 7 nominations.
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- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) (VOICES MUMBLING INDISTINCTLY)
- Four minutes past. We walk in one minute. He was clear on that. He's coming.
- No, he's too young to have that kind of access.
- Uh, what time does the restaurant open? Noon. But the food's a little too spicy. This way.
- MAN: Excuse me. Uh-huh. MAN: Thank you. (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
- (SIGHS) It's, uh, really great to finally meet you guys. So, first thing, can I get your cell phones, please? Thank you. We want Laura to be the only one recording, right? As discussed? Thank y
- I actually bought this. It blocks UHF frequencies. (CAMERA BEEPS)
- You've been photographed before, right? Yeah, it's been a while since anybody took a photo of me, so... (LAUGHS) AURA: Try thinking of this as your friend. (BREATHES DEEPLY) Take your time.
- Can you start by telling us why you did what you did and, uh, how you gained access to such a vast amount of information, all of which I read on the plane and... Glenn. Uh' how about we just
- (INHALES DEEPLY) My name is Edward Joseph Snowden.
- TRAINER: Come on, soldier! Go!
- Come on, darling! (SHOUTING) Snowden? What the hell are you doing? Nothing, sir! Where is your fucking heart? Right here, sir! I want you to reach way down in that pathetic excuse of a chest,
- I need you on my tower, gentlemen! Let's move!
- TRAINER: Move! Move! Let's go! (BANGING ON DOOR} DRILL SERGEANT: (SHOUTING) Rise and shine, maggots! Get your hands off your dicks, and get the fuck out of my barracks! You guys got one minute!
- Now this is what happens when you put a Bil-pound rucksack on a 150-pound body. You get these little stress fractures and... (G ROANS) Easy. Sorry. They build up in yourtibias. You don't get
- (CHUCKLES) POLYGRAPH ADMINISTRATOR: Have you ever committed a crime for which you weren't caught? SNOWDENI No.
- POLYGRAPH ADMINISTRATOR: Have you ever cheated on an exam? SNOWDENI No.
- Do you believe the United States is the greatest country in the world? Yes. INTERVIEWER: Why do you want to join the CIA?
- PSYCHOLOGIST: How would you explain the Internet to a child?
- INTERVIEWER: Granddad retired as an admiral and joined the FBI. Dad's in the Coast Guard, 30-year man. PSYCHOLOGIST: What has been the most important day in your life? 9/11. We thought my grand
- Crushed the language learning test. Some Mandarin, some Japanese.
- And no high school diploma. So why did you stop attending high school? I had to make money. My parents were divorcing at the time. Any other influences? I'd say Joseph Campbell,
- Star Wars, Thoreau, Ayn Rand... One man can stop the motor of the world. Atlas Shrugged. Yes, sir. I believe that. Let's try again. Why do you want to join the CIA?
- it sounds really cool to have top security clearance.
- (INHALES DEEPLY) It's not enough.
- (EXHALES DEEPLY) Ordinarily. But these are not ordinary times.
- Bombs won't stop terrorism, brains will, and we don't have nearly enough of those.
- I'm gonna give you a shot, Snowden. Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. You won't regret this. My name's Corbin O'Brien. I have many titles, among them Senior Instructor. You'll be joining my
- I need to see your ID. (BARKING) All right. Using your left hand only, pop the trunk. (LOCK OPENING) SECURITY GUARD: Now place your hands through the steering wheel on the dashboard. Through
- SECURITY GUARD 2: Right here. Right here.
- Excuse me. You'll be looking for Corbin's class. End of the hall, keep going through the second set of doors. Thank you. Is that an Enigma? No. Enigma was broken. This is the follow up, the
- You got a name? How do I know you're not the enemy? Oh, sorry. Uh, Snowden. Ed Snowden. Hank F onesier _ Wherek! you study, Snowman'? Mostly I'm, uh, self-taught.
- You can tell me if you're busy, but is that a Cray-T? Why, yes. Yes, it is. The first supercomputer. You can get all of this on a cell phone now. Yeah. So you're, um, an engineer? Am I an engi
- Well, then, Snowclen, you've come to the right little whorehouse.
- O'BRIAN: The front lines in the global war on terror are not in Iraq or Afghanistan. They're here. In London,
- Berlin, (WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) Istanbul... Any server, any connection...
- The modern battlefield is everywhere.
- Which means you don't have to sit in the ditch eating MREs or dodging mortar fire, it means that if there is another 9111, it'll be your fault.
- Just as the last one was my generation's.
- Believe me, you do not want to live with that burden.
- We're gonna start with an aptitude test. (KEYBOARDS CLACKING) (TBPJAN: Each o! you is gonna build a covert communications network in your home city, you're gonna deploy it, back up your site, d
- The point of this exercise is to keep your infrastructure up and running securely. The average test time is five hours. If you take more than eight, you will fail.
- Mr. O'Brian? I'm done, sir. You don't have to tell me when you've completed a stage. No, Ifinished the whole thing. It's been 40 minutes. Thirty-eight. What? Thirty-eight minutes.
- Okay. Let's see where you screwed up.
- (SYSTEM BEEPING) (KEYBOARD CLACKING) (COMPUTING) (SYSTEM BEEPING)
- You didn't say we had to do it in order, sir. So I, uh, broke the sequence to save time, and I automated the backup process to run as I built the site. Eyes on screens.
- What should I do now? Whatever you want.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) (MAN LAUGHING)
- Do you, um, want anything? No. Let's go for a walk. You could use some sun. (LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) Yeah. You mentioned that earlier. Sorry it took me this long. I just... You didn't want to see m
- Yeah, it's that way. (CAMERA CLICKS) Where? Are you sure? (CAMERA CLICKS) I mean, I'm not that great at orienting myself... Not that great at lying, either. You're gonna have to work on both
- Where I came from, everyone's parents worked for the "State Department." Plus, every time you visited my website this week, which was quite often, it was from an IP in Virginia. You know how t
- (CHUCKLES) Huh? (CAMERA CLICKS)
- All right, let's see you strut it. Let's see what? Let's see you strut it. Show me what you got, you know. Your best catwalk.
- Don't be shy. Come on. You got this. Uh... All right. (CAMERA CLICKING) (BOTH LAUGHING) I don't know. (LAUGHS)
- PROTESTORS: (CHANTING) Drop Bush, not bombs! Drop Bush, not bombs! Excuse me. Would you mind signing our petition, please? Yes, absolutely.
- Thank you. Thank you so much. Sir? No, thank you.
- MALE ACTIVIST: Excuse me, ma'am. Would you like to sign? I actually just signed. Yeah. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you.
- (CHUCKLES) That help at all? Nope. No, that did nothing for me. Tastes like liberal. (LAUGHS) It's not my thing.
- (O'BRIAN READING) Is it constitutional to bypass the Courts? No. The Fourth Amendment prevents searches and seizures without a warrant. That's absolutely right, Rio. Which means your Com mand
- Ed, rising to the top in our world can sometimes be hard on a man. I mean... You think you're making strides, you think you're taking the initiative. And then, the next minute, they grind you
- Two years later, after 9/11 , a friend of mine tells me about this new contractor program they're using. Costs $4 billion to deploy. Modeled after mine but with no filters, no automation. In
- Well, you're late for class. (BELL RINGING) Okay. Thank you.
- Can I take another one? Sure.
- Did you ever say anything to anybody? Yeah. I went to legal. We filed complaints. Now here I am, tucked away, teaching you.
- Maybe that's more important, in the long run. You're getting better.
- You hunt, Ed? SNOWDEN: Uh.,. Did some skeet shooting with my dad a few times, but, no, I never went hunting. O'BRIAN: We'll go one day. SNOWDEN: Thaw be great.
- Mr. O'Brian, can I ask you a question? How aboutjust calling me Corbin? Okay. (LAUGHS) Thank you, sir. Uh, Corbin. I was talking with Hank Forrester and I wanted to know, are all of our SIGINT
- (LAUGHS) Yeah, I don't know.
- Uh, nothing serious. What's her name? Lindsay. Lindsay. She going with you? No, lwouldnW want to put her in any danger. Well, you won't have to. We're not sending you to the Middle East.
- Sir, I'm your best student. Doesn't that count for something? In 20 years, Iraq will be a hellhole nobody cares about. Terrorism's a short-term threat. The real threats will come from China, Ru
- Sir, I'm surprised to hear you say that You don't have to agree with your politicians to be a patriot. (CELL PHONE RINGING)
- Sir, where are you sending me? Take a moment. Enjoy the view.
- (SIRENS BLARING) (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- (STATIC) (KNOCKING ON DOOR) (DOOR OPENS) GLENN: This is Laura. Hello. EWEN: Hello, nice to meet you. Hello, I'm Ewen MacAskill from the Guardian. It's nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.
- This one is everything I have on your British intelligence agency, the GCHQ. An encryption key will follow. You're gonna want your technical people at the Guardian to look through that thorou
- Listen, they're gonna investigate, and they're gonna figure out what I've done. And then they're gonna come for me. And now that we've made contact,
- they're gonna come for all of you, too.
- Do you mind if I go look in the microwave?
- Ewen. I'm on with Stuart. Hi, Ewen. Hi, Stuart. Look, I've got one thing to say. The Guinness here is great. JAN INE: (OVER PHONE) Wonderful. Oh, absolutely the genuine article. JANINE: (OVER
- I got the go ahead. That's greai. Oh, good. Let's get started. We have a lot to go through here, and it's not easy reading. LAURA: We can start by showing him XKeyscore. Good idea. Ed, can you
- (CAMERA BEEPS, WHIRRING) Do we all get under there now? He's protecting his passwords. (KEYBOARD CLACKING) Okay. So...
- This was introduced during my first deployment at the CIA in Geneva. EWEN: "XKeyscore."
- What does that do? It's like a search interface.
- What does it search for? Anything you want.
- EWEN: What was your assignment in Geneva? SNOWDEN: Weli, I was assigned with diplomatic cover to the UN mission to maintain the CWs computer security network.
- Ispent almost two years around CIA field officers.
- I don't see a time stamp on any of this. We have a confirmation on the GSS. (PHONE RINGING) SNOWDEN: I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand. Sherman says you hacked the Human Resources site. Yeah
- Doesn't matter what you did, Snowden. Right or wrong, you need to let these things be someone else's problem. He's also put a derog in your file. Excuse me? Let that be a lesson. I don't want
- That didn't look like it went well. Oh, hey, man. Uh, yeah. No, I just got a derog for doing my job. (CHUCKLES) Politics, man. The culture of fear wins again. I can't get anything done here. Ye
- (KNOCKS) Damn, CIA does not like to leave a trace, huh? Can I help you? You get curious to check one out? See what kind of crazy-ass covert kill mission you might be erasing from history? I'
- I'll be right outside. Stay if you want. (SYSTEM B EE PS) Uh, I don't have authorization to use NSA programs. Well, if you're the messenger to Bucharest, you must have a PRIVAC clearance to se
- Uh, you're giving me just names? Uh, and a lot more than names. What I will be providing you and the fine gentlemen of the Secret Service is a list of every threat made about the President sinc
- You got a little Snow White in you. Which makes me feel like the witch bringing you a poisoned apple. Here. Exhibit A. Oakland resident Justin Pinsky posted on a message board, "Romania has a s
- "...with the biggest python you've ever seen." Hmm.
- How is this all possible? Um, keyword selectors. "Attack," "take Out Bush."
- So think of it as a Google search, except instead of searching only what people make public, we're also looking at everything they don't. So... Emails, chats, SMS, whatever. Yeah, but which pe
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) Which ambassador was he again? De La Hoya, with World Trade Organization. Right. (STRING QUARTET PLAYING)
- MATT: So... O'Brian came through for you. He agrees your talents are being wasted. You ready for a little action? Really? What, you mean right here? Yeah. Now. See the woman in the pink numbe
- Mr. Debrinin asks your business card, please. An ambassador. Wow! (LAUGHING) I wish I had your schmoozing skills. Uh, well, that's why you have me. Yeah. You don't know any bankers, do you? B
- Any luck? No, no bites. Is there some kind of trick to it? It's all about finding the pressure point. Everything else is just pushing on it.
- Looks like you're being summoned.
- ...we have to pay extra... Ma Man'? May I interrupt? This is my boyfriend, Dave. Hello, Dave. Nice to meet you. Nice t0 meet you. Marwan works at Monfori. We were talking, and after last week,
- He's embarrassed. It was a lot of money for us.
- Day trading is a perilous sport. (LAUGHS) You shouldn't be ashamed of it. Yeah. I'm gonna grab some food. See you guys inside? Sure. You have a lovely girlfriend. Thank you so much. You know,
- GABRIEL: This is the cleanest Pakistani I've ever seen. We got no first-degree ties to government or ISI, no shady family. I mean, second-degree contacts are off the charts, but that's... I mea
- What is that, is that some video that she sent somebody? No, this is live. Out of Paris. What do you mean, live? GABRIEL: Optic Nerve. It's camera and mic activation. I wish we could take credi
- Hmm. I always wondered what was under those.
- Okay, look, let's stick to family in Geneva. All right? Okay, Snow White. Uh... Fifteen-year-old daughter at the International School. Yeah. Uh, Facebook? Is that possible? Dude, Facebook's
- In other words, turning your daddy into a CIA informant. Wait, that's it? (INHALES DEEPLY) That's it, bro. You don't have to get a FISA court order? Mmm-mmm. No, not here. XKeyscore's under 702
- Okay, okay. And the boy at third base is...
- Nadim. Okay. He's 18. Salma says she wants to marry him, but is scared of telling her parents. What she doesn't know is that his other name is Nicolas.
- And he's currently banging Geraldine and Julie.
- He and his Turkish mother are here illegally.
- STRIPPER: Ah, you like that? MARWAN: I love these.
- Man, what are we doing here? You're making people very happy. Mr. Marwan's bank handles serious Saudi money, and a whole bunch of Russian billionaires. What about any al-Qaeda money? Anything
- I must tell you, Dave, since we met, my life has gone somewhat topsy-tu rvy. Oh, no, I'm sorry to hear that But your colleague Charles here has graciously offered his help. So I owe him and
- My daughter had an... Marwan's daughter took too many sleeping pills. She's all right. It had something to do with her boyfriend, who was recently deported. We're trying to secure a visa for hi
- I'm sorry. I won't trouble you with such matters. No, no, you... Hey. You talk as much as you want. All right? Family comes first. (LAUGHS SOFTLY)
- (ALL LAUGHING) Whoa! Oh! There's my beauty.
- I'm never like this before. 0h, sure. No, of course. You sit down, huh? Sit tight.
- You sit tight. (BOTH LAUGHING)
- What the fuck's going on? I have been acting swiftly and effectively on the very good signals intelligence you've provided. And if his daughter had died? We could have used that too. Are you
- Marwan can't be away from his family right now. So in the morning, when he's facing a week in jail, we're going to offer him a deal and he won't turn it clown. Wait, jail? For what'? Drunk driv
- Okay. I'll call 'em. Hey! He's not driving. Remind me, are you authorized on any of the NSA programs you used?
- So we're both doing a little fucked up shit here, huh? Watch yourself, Ed. I will tell him who you are. You reveal the identity of an undercover officer, you're going to jail for a lot longer t
- Itwas, uh... (SIGHS) It was all right. Yeah. (INHALES DEEPLY) I have t0 wake up in, like, three hours. My flighfs at mo. (SIGHS) Well, we'd better be quick, then. (BOTH CHUCKLING)
- I will provide our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track and take out the terrorism without undermining our constitution and our freedom. (DOOR OPENS) That
- What's going on? Who's winning? CORRESPONDENT: ...and Michefle Obama voted this morning in Chicago. I voted. CORRESPONDENT: In Arizona--. Still early. ...John and Cindy McCain voted, and then
- Holy shit, he's gonna win it! (LAUGHS) What, Florida? Yeah! That's big. Yeah. It's huge!
- You can act all nonchalant, but I know you were starting to root for him. I've been watching your inner liberal grow. For which I will take a modest percentage of the credit. And you deserve it.
- What is this? WOLF: ...in Missouri. 56% for McCain, 43% for Obama. Oh, yeah, that. Just.-. Leave that there. That's, uh...
- Russian hackers. The Agency says they can activate webcams now. So... That's creepy. Yes. It's really bothering me. Whatever. It's not a big deal. You shouldn't let it bother you. It's not a
- (STUTTERS) Well, it's not... I don't do anything, I don't meet any of those people.
- You're gone for weeks at a time. So it's like I'm peering into other peoples' lives because my own is just temporarily on hold. That sounds like an excuse. It's the truth.
- I should have told you. And I didn't. I'm really sorry. But it's not a big deal.
- Look at me. I don't want anyone else.
- I don't want any other life. Okay?
- I didn't go to London today 'cause I resigned.
- What? It was personal differences, and it was a matter of principle. Can you tell me anything else?
- Do you get reposted, or... No, no, I resigned from the CIA.
- LINDSAY: So what does that mean? What do we do? I don't know. I'll figure it out, but listen, I...
- This is a good thing. Trust me.
- WOLF: (ON TV) 52% for Obama, 48% for McCain. Yeah, he'd better.
- CNN can now project that Barack Obama, 47 years old, will become the President of the United States- (PEOPLE CHEERING) OBAMA: {ON W3 Every agency and department should know that this administrati
- Has anyone called here before'? Not once. Not in three weeks. Well, I'll... Shall I answer it? I'll tell 'em it's the wrong number.
- Yes? No, I don't. Okay. Thank you.
- Asking if I want turndown service. She said the "Do not disturb" sign was off the door.
- (DOOR CLOSES) Do we wait? Or go on our own?
- Look, I said from the beginning that how you publish is your business, and I trust you. The only thing I ask is you study the data, you be responsible, no names, no specifics, anything ongoing
- EWEN: Yeah, I think we should reassemble in this room after the call takes place, so that's around midnight. Be noon in New York. All right. I'll take another pass at the PRISM story in the me
- Uh, do you mind maybe we take a break from that? For a second? Oh, yeah. Sure, sorry. (CAMERA BEE PS) You wanna take a look? Might make you feel better. On. (LAUGHS) It's not recording, just o
- When did this start for you? Not wanting your photo taken? Uh, probably in Japan. (EXHALES DEEPLY) I remember every time a camera got pointed at me, it was like... Couldn't breathe. Why was th
- 'Cause the money, and 'cause I wanted to live in Japan. And because of Obama, actually. You know, lthought things were gonna get better with him.
- And ii wasn't just the Japanese. We were planting malware in Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Austria.
- I mean, China I can understand, or Russia, or Iran, or Venezuela, okay. But Austria? (COWBELL DINGS) You're also being ordered to follow most world leaders and heads of industry. You know, you
- This is about economic and social control.
- And the only thing you're really protecting is the supremacy of your government.
- LAU RA: Were you thinking about going to journalists then? No. No, that wouldn't have occurred to me back then. I just thought, you know, the system will self-correct, and the President will kee
- That's actually when I first started reading about you and your films. It was in Glenn's blog. You were being detained in airports for hours. Thirty-seven times. For investigating your own count
- It was a welcome change when they put me on terrorism watch duty. Every day, Vd go in and I'd get starting points fur SIGiNT, which is signals intelligence. (KEYBOARD CLACKING)
- A lot of them were American, which felt strange, but you just keep reminding yourself, I could stop a dirty bomb attack and save thousands o! lives. The thing is, you're not just following your
- And there's ma! moment when you're sitting there and the scale of it hits you. The NSA is really tracking every cell phone in the world. No matter who you are, every day of your life, you're s
- SNOWDEN: And not just terrorists, or countries, or corporations, but you.
- Was Lindsay with you in Japan?
- I guess you couldn't talk about your work. No. (LAUGHS) There was this one night, uh, towards the end,
- when, uh, we were supposed to go climb Mount Fuji the next day...
- Are you gonna post that on Twitter? They're just for me. What do you think?
- You should delete those. That's not quite the artistic critique I was going for. I'm sorry. You just... You should... You can't have stuff like that on your hard drive. LINDSAY: Yes, I can. Ca
- It's classified. Am I a target? Of course not. Clearly someone is looking at my nude portraits. Okay. I shouldn't have brought it up. All right? it's issues of national security.
- Well, lam flattered that my boobs are considered an issue of national security, but you're gonna have to do a lot better than that. I'd rather not talk about stuff that could land us in jail.
- I'm sorry. Stop! No! (SOBS)
- We, uh, never made it to Mount Fuji. (LAUGHS SOFTLY) And Lindsay left pretty soon after that, and... I was really lonely there.
- But after three months, I left too. I went back to Maryland. (DOORBELL RINGING)
- And I promised her I'd change. And, uh, we moved back in together. (PIANO MUSIC PLAYING} Make sure your knees stay bent, and then you can fully extend once you feel stable. Ready? One, two, th
- And you start to think, what could be more important than this? What! Is it okay? Oh, my God. It's so beautiful. 3NOWDEN: You know, tots of people cruise happily through fife.
- Why can't I? (CAMERA CLICKING)
- And I went back to work at the CIA. With back-doors.-. My official title was Solutions Consultant. Basically I was hawking overpriced hardware for a living. But I thought you had resigned? Ye
- How was it? Being back in the States? It was, uh, it was really good to be home.
- Won't be the vast sums of money you're making now, but you'd be performing a critical service for your country. I know that's important to you. You mean service like in Geneva? Matt was a mist
- Is there something you do hold against me?
- You didn't tell me we were running a dragnet on the whole world, Corbin.
- Great shooting, Ed. Thank you. That's terrific. (LAUGHS) It's the one thing in the Army I was good at.
- OBRIAN: You ever think, Ed, since the Second World War, it's been 60 years and still no WW Ill. Why? Because we've used our power generally for the good of the world. For prosperity, order. Ho
- Yeah, except people, they don't even know they've made that bargain. Where's the modern battlefield, soldier?
- Everywhere. (MAN SHOUTING) CTBRIAN: What's the first rule of battle? Never reveal your position. And if one unauthorized person knew? If Congress knew? So would the enemy. That, Mr. Snowden,
- Take your time. It's going to take a few months to get this program on its feet. If you'll excuse me, gentlemen, I see dinner. ATTENDANT: Beer, sir? Thank you. Sir, for you? Uh, no, thank yo
- Epic Shelter was meant as a backup program.
- Lowell is creating this position for you, Ed. You'd be the first contractor outside Fort Meade working counter-cyber.
- POLYGRAPH ADMINISTRATOR: Do you believe the United States is the greatest country in the world? Yes. (BEEPING)
- POLYGRAPH ADMINISTRATOR: Have you ever used any programs you were unauthorized for'?
- LINDSAY: We're not usually supposed to submit our own work, but my editor said she'd make an exception. Pretty neat, huh?
- (GRUNTS) I get to submit an entry.
- You ignoring me on purpose, orwhat? No. Sorry. Shit. Uh.“ (SIGHS) I was just thinking. About what?
- I wanted to talk to you about it at dinner, but let's just... Will you come sit down?
- Is everything okay? Yeah. Um... The, uh, Deputy Director of the NSA... Hmm? (INHALES DEEPLY) He offered me a new position. And, uh, that was a while back, and now they need an answer. Well,
- Can you tell me anything about it? (LAUGHING) (LAUGHS) You know I can't. I know. Mission first (INHALES DEEPLY) Well, are there social perks? White House galas, maybe? The position is in Hawa
- We worked really hard to get where we're at. And you're willing to just rip it all up again? Like we finally have a house that we love, and a job that I like, and real friends, and we're close
- I let you go once, I'm not gonna do it again.
- (LID RATTLING) Shit. I'm sorry. The pasta. It's gonna... One sec. (LIN DSAY CHUCKLES)
- You know, I think I actually came pretty close to getting it right this time. LINDSAY: I'll get some candles.
- (VOICE ECHOING) Oh, my God! Ed! Ed! Ed!
- SNOWDEN: I know Tegretot. I know it slows you down, 'cause I've seen it in my mom. She's taken all kinds of medications her whole life. Well, they work in 70% of cases.
- Ed, epilepsy is a serious condition. If you have a seizure driving yourself, or with someone else in the car, or you're in a place where you could fall, this is not something to be lightly re
- After you. Oh, thank you. (BOTH LAUGHING)
- I've been thinking about what the doctor said. About less stress.
- A warmer climate could help.
- (INHALES DEEPLY) If Hawaii is something that we decide would be better for you, I'll go.
- I'm sorry, Glenn. But Alan's our edilonin-chief, and I really think that“... Bullshit! The government knows that we have these documents now. The CIA could barge through this door any minute, an
- All right, Glenn. We'll have it ready by 4:00 p.m. I have to go over the story once more. Why'!? Because it still needs editing, damn you. All this fucking inteliigence jargon is hurting our b
- SNOWDEN: So, my new job was counter-spying on the Chinese at the NSA Regional Cryptological Center on Oahu.
- You mind placing your bag down there, sir?
- No personal laptops, no USB sticks, no cell phones, no electronic devices of any kind? No, sir.
- (WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON PA)
- Gabriel? Dude, what the hell are you doing here? (CHUCKLES) Wow! That's amazing. Oh, man. What, do you work here? Yeah, yeah. Uh, three years, two months, and five days. But who's counting, ri
- Between you and me? NTOC. (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) Cool. You get to hack the hackers. You're coming up in the world.
- (KNOCKS ON DOOR) Fresh brains for you, Trevor. Trevor James, Interactive Ops Division Chief. Ed Snowden. I've been briefed. Next door is NTOC. Defense. That's where you'll be working. Over he
- Great. Another language I can't understand. Uh, I'll check you later, Ed. Okay. See you.
- TECHNICIAN: We got 'em. TREVOR: Lights over Waziristan, gentlemen. Way to go. So what exactly do we contribute to this? The underside of that Reaper drone is fixed with a big-ass antenna, sn
- I built it. You? Yeah. You know I've actually... I've been thinking about, uh, another use for Epic Shelter. Whafd you have in mind? Well, I was chatting with Jim Lowell about how there's
- Heartbeat. FEMALE DRONE PILOT: Six, five, four, three, two, one... Engage target.
- LINDSAY: You okay down there? Yep. See, this is why I keep saying we need to hike more. SNOWDEN: You're right. Hey, can you look at me? LINDSAY: Come on. It's been years. (CAMERA SHUTTER CLIC
- Such a shame, you used to be such a cute little model. Little? Yeah. Was I little? Wait! (LAUGHING)
- Oh, my God. What? Think you got some sun! (CHUCKLES) I'm serious, it looks good! Well, that's impossible. Hey, um, I've been meaning to ask you, by the way. Did you switch pharmacies? 'Caus
- Uh, because I was there and thought it would be helpful.
- I stopped taking the Tegretol. What? When? A couple months ago. And you'rejust now telling me? I wanted to tell you. I did, I just... I can't take that stuff, it makes me groggy, and I need t
- Our government, what? Our government is hemorrhaging billions of dollars every year to Chinese hackers. And I've been hired to shut them down.
- A lot of people are depending on me.
- We didn't come to Hawaii for you to heal, did we? There was never gonna be a less stressful job out here. Look, I feel like I'm made to do this. And if I don't do it, then I don't know anybody
- It's like I'm on a trajectory that I can't turn back from.
- LINDSAY: You can always turn back.
- SENATORWYDEN: What I wanted to see is if you could give me a yes or no answer to the question, "Does the NSA collect any type of data at all "on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?"
- GABRIEL: Yeah, I need to head out. I'll see you guys. You're going down next time, man. Yeah, okay. No more bets. And I don't want anyone unauthorized in here again. Especially not with Heart
- ALL: Happy birthday! (APPLAUSE AND CHATTER)
- CATFISH: ...in Vegas, looking at Afghanistan. So we're running late hours. So this blurry object comes wandering into the strike zone. We all knew that it was a kid. Poof. He's gone.
- We called in for clarification, and the report came back that it was a dog. Okay. Fine. Shift's long, day and night. I don't remember. But same village, two, three days later. We see the funer
- And they are gone in a cloud of dust.
- I mean, all of them. (CHUCKLING) The whole fuckin' family. But the crazy thing is, you come home after work, kiss your wife, your kids, back to work the next day. Pretty soon, you know, it just
- Just sayin'. (DRONE WHIRRING)
- (THUD) (WOMAN SCREAMS) (CLAMORING) MAN: That's gotta wake you up. You okay? See, I told you not to grab my hand. (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
- ...fucking touch me anymore.
- MAN: Dude! Dude, are you okay? WOMAN: Oh, my God. LINDSAY: Ed, are you okay? Are you okay, man? I think he's having a... LINDSAY: Get away, don't touch him. MAN: Don't touch him, don't touch h
- Hey, Ed. How are you? How's your health? Hey, Corbin. Uh...
- it's fine. Thanks for asking. Must be nerve-wracking living with that condition.
- You wouldn't know it to look at your numbers. Two hundred Chinese IPs down in your first four months.
- Those are, uh, internal numbers. Your colleague, Trevor, comes out of the CIA like you. He's been, uh, keeping me informed on your progress. KLHUCKLES} R's outstanding work. Heartbeat as wail.
- He doesn't know about your heat map conversations, or some of the ideas you've expressed to your colleagues. And he's not going to. Yeah. Uh... You know, Heartbeat is proving a tricky project.
- omitted the truth in your last polygraph.
- What was it you were withholding exactly? Hmm?
- You remember that day in class, you were talking to us about the FISA Court? You said that they approved Bush's wiretapping programs. Sometimes we're restricted from tailing the whole truth.
- Doesn't give us permission to lie. Come on, Corbin, the Director of National Intelligence just lied to Congress!
- Did you access an unauthorized program that I did not know about?
- Yes. Itwas, uh... ltwas at Geneva. It was Lindsay. I was jealous. And I'm sorry. I never did it again.
- I know ifs been up and down with you and Lindsay since Geneva. It's tough to keep any relationship going. Few of us do.
- So, if M! give you any peace of mind, I can assure you, she's not sleeping with that photographer friend of hers. I! that's what you're thinking;.
- I have to go to a Five Eyes conference in Sydney in a couple of weeks. H! stop of! in Hawaii on the way back.
- Good. Did you get the e-mail that I sent you with the photos? Uh-huh.
- Well, I was hoping that you could send me some...
- Your e-mail is being monitored.
- No, it's different now. It's not passive collection, it's full-take surveillance. It's all of your e-mails, calls, texts, social media, everything. It's also possible that the house is bugged.
- I'm sorry, I really am. ldidn't want any of this for you.
- But I know you would think I was doing the right thing.
- So just listen to me for a sec' okay? When we g0 back in the house, everything has to appear normal. We're gonna act like nothing has changed, but if you do notice something that's weird, you
- Do I even have a choice? I'm asking you to trust me.
- And, Linds' I think it'd be best if you went back to Maryland for a while. Tell your parents that I'm away on a business trip and that you're homesick. Are you going away? Yes. Butjust for a
- No, I can't go. Please. Just until I get back. I can't go.
- You just said that we have to appear like nothings changed. If both of us left at the same time, wouldn't that seem suspicious?
- (SOBBING) But it is the last time.
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER) Yo! Yo, you hear about Trevor, bro? No, what? You remember that op to own the Internet in Syria? Yeah. Yeah. Trevor and his TAO team crashed the core router.
- Bro, the whole country's gone dark. EN: Jesus Christ. TREVOR: Figure it out! GABRIEL: Poor bastards.
- Okay, I'm gonna, uh... I gotta get to work. Yeah. Yeah, me too. So, Ed, how's, uh... How's Heartbeat coming? It's close. It's very close. TREVOR: Pull it up on this monitor. MAN: I'm still t
- Why did I agree to this? Good luck. PATRICK: This is Patrick... What you're gonna do is you're gonna...
- I told him, l... Help them. (KEYBOARD CLACKING)
- TREVOR: Okay. Get back to work, guys. No, Patrick, show me.
- TREVOR: Talk about getting hung out to dry. PATRICK: Yeah. Are we set? (KEYBOARD CLACKING) Trouble with the Navy? TREVOR: One of those idiots ripped some bullshit piece of Israeli code and jamm
- Got it? I'm not taking the fall for this.
- MAN: Still working on it, Trev. Hold on. MAN: Nothing. Still nothing.
- You, uh... You headed home already? Yeah. I'm not feeling so well. Might not be in tomorrow either. You know, Trevor's kind of busy, maybe you could let him know for me? Yeah. Yeah, man. It
- That sounds like a smart thing. (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
- Take care of yourself. Yeah, you too, bro.
- nix: You ever play with one of these? Yeah, when I was a kid. Yeah. You should try it. It's hard.
- I don't know about this. Yeah, you gotta start with the white cross, actually, Ah. and then you do the corners. Oh, man. Look, I love these things. (CHUCKLES) Hey, have a good weekend, man.
- There's a link to the FISA court order.
- (CHUCKLES) Well done, Janine. I told you she wasn't a pushover. Well, it feels so goddamn good to be wrong.
- OBAMA: In the abstract, you can compfain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok. But when you actually look at the details, then I think we've struck the right balance.
- GLENN: He reached the conclusion that what was happening inside this really secretive agency uh, was very threatening and menacing to privacy rights, to internet freedom, to basic political li
- Uh, my name's Ed Snowden. I'm 29 years old. Iwork for Booz Allen Hamilton as an infrastructure analyst for NSA in Hawaii.
- GLENN: How you holding up? Yeah, I'll be fine. It's you guys that have to start watching out for yourselves now. You know, if you have any reason to believe that you're about to be raided or i
- I no longer have any access to these files myself. You guys have them all.
- Uh... Keep the focus on the stories, that's all that matters.
- I think we should all get some rest. We can use it. Yeah. I should probably lay down on a soft bed while I still have one available, right?
- See you tomorrow. Good night.
- (WAVES CRASHING) Can you at least tell me where you're going? (BIRDS CHIRPING)
- SNOWDEN: Listen, I know that I'm...
- (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS) (INDISTINCT CHATTER) Ewen, I'm on the second floor.
- No. No, no, wait. Okay. I think I see him. Shit! There's press swarming all over the hotel. Yeah, I don't know. I'll figure it out. I'll stop them with a press conference or something. Hey, I
- I've met a lot of astonishing people in my life, but you... (BOTH CHUCKLE) Okay, laddie. Off you go. I won't let you down.
- You'd make a shitty journalist without a camera. Are you sure? Yeah. Okay. That's a great idea.
- Oh! You don't want to leave your luck behind. SNOWDEN: Oh. I think I'd like you to have that.
- Thanks for everything. Thank you.
- (WHISPERS) I have a van on the street.
- FEMALE REPORTER: NSA Ieaker Edward Snowden has now been charged formafly with espionage, theft, and conversion of go vemmeni property. (CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING) U- S- offfcfafs have asked Hong Ko
- You may not feel it, Ed, but you're not alone. Thank you.
- FEMALE REPORTER: ...his longtime girlfriend, Lindsay Mills, an amateur photographer, has not been heard from. Ifs believed she's in seclusion in her parents' home in Maryland, and has been que
- MALE REPORTER: Ten days have now gone by, as the world looks for Edward Snowden. Rumors have surfaced that a rich supporter is hiding Snowden somewhere in the Hong Kong hills in a private mansion
- MALE REPORTER 12 It is now confirmed that Edward Snowden has boarded a flight from Hong Kong 10 Moscow. FEMALE REPORTER 1: The State Department is very dfsappofn ted in the authorities in Hang
- FEMALE REPORTER 3: The President of Bolivia's plane was forced down in Austria airspace today following U.S. suspicions that Snowden may have been on board. MALE REPORTER 8'. After 39 days in t
- MALE REPORTER: After more than a year m the country under temporary asylum, Edward Snowden has received a three-year residency permit m Russia.
- MALE MODERATOR: And now, here live from Moscow, Edward Snowden. (APPLAUSE)
- You're atone in a foreign country, you'll be extradited if you try to leave. That must be ham.
- When I left Hawaii, I lost everything.
- And I had a stable life. (CHUCKLES) A stable love. Family. Future. And I lost that life,
- and I'm incredibly fortunate.
- the greatest freedom that I've gained is the fact that I no longer have to worry about what happens tomorrow, because I'm happy with what I've done today.
- Live from the Internet, Edward Snowden! (APPLAUSE)
- MALE REPORTER: Has your mindset changed about him ? Is he now more whistleblower than he is a, uh, hacker?
- MALE REPORTER: What is going to happen to Edward Snowden? He's going to die in Moscow. He's not coming home.
- Edward Snowden, is he a traitor or a hero? HILLARY CLINTON: He stole very important information.
- MALE REPORTER: We have breaking news tonight... Among {he reforms, work with Congress to change how the NSA coffecrs phone records. Mandate more transparency by the secret court that regularly
- MAN: Well, is it a victory for Edward Snowden? That's gonna depend on the eye of the beholder.
- LINCOLN CHAFFEE: The American government was acting fffegaffy. HILLARY CLINTON: tdonT think he shoutd be brought home without facing the music.
- SANDERS: Snowden played a very important role in educating the American people in the degree in which our civil liberties and our constitutionm rights