And ultimately, the truth sinks in that no matter what justification you're selling yourself, this is not about terrorism. Terrorism is the excuse. This is about economic and social control. And the only thing you're really protecting is the supremacy of your government.
You ever hear about the Nuremberg trials, Trev? They weren't that long ago. Yeah, well, the big shots were the first trial, but then the next trial were just the judges, and lawyers, and policemen, and guards, and ordinary people just doing their jobs, following orders. That's where we got the Nuremberg principles, which then the UN made into international law, just in case ordinary jobs become criminal again.
I think the greatest freedom that I have gained, the fact that I don't have to worry about what happens tomorrow, Because I'm happy with what I've done today.
You didn't tell me we were running a dragnet on the whole world, Corbin.
No matter who you are, every day of your life, you're sitting in a database just ready to be looked at.
And it's just gonna get worse for the next generation, as they extend the capabilities of this sort of architecture of oppression.
Look, Mr. MacAskill, uh, this is not about money or anything for me. There's no hidden agenda. I just wanted to get this data to established journalists like yourselves, so that you can present it to the world, and the people can decide either I'm wrong or there's something going on inside the government that's really wrong.
So, you're, um, an engineer?
Hank Forrester
Am I an engineer? Instructor and counselor, too. I'm supposed to keep an eye on you CTs, make sure you don't buckle under the pressure. Turn to drugs and booze.
Well, you won't have that problem with me. I don't drink or do drugs.
Hank Forrester
What is your sin of choice?
Uh, computers.
Hank Forrester
Well, then, Snowden, you've come to the right little whorehouse.
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 people?
The whole kingdom, Snow White.
So, this is data collection for the month of March worldwide, emails and Skype calls. So France, 70 million. Germany, 500 million. Brazil, two billion. Inside the U.S., 3.1 billion emails and calls. That's not including any of the telecom company data.
Okay, so what's the collection in Russia?
Russia is 1.5 billion.
Wait, so we're collecting twice as much in the U.S. as we are in Russia?
Corbin O'Brian: What's the first rule of battle?
Never reveal your position.
