The Philosopher of Surveillance
What Happens When a Failed Writer Becomes a Loyal Spy?
▻https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/11/surveillance-philosopher-nsa
The “SIGINT Philosopher” columns, provided to The Intercept by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, gave me the opportunity to learn more without the agency’s assistance, because they included his name. Heading down the path of collecting information about Socrates (whose name we are not publishing — more on that later), I was in the odd position of conducting surveillance on a proponent of surveillance, so I had a get-out-of-guilt-free card.