Citizenfour Page #5

and who you met with.

When you then take cell phone data,

which logs your location,

and you link up purchasing data,

MetroCard data, and your debit card,

you start to get

what you could call "metadata"

in aggregate over a person's life.

And metadata, in aggregate, is content.

It tells a story about you

which is made up of facts,

but is not necessarily true.

So for example, just because

you were on the corner

and all those data points point to it,

it doesn't mean you committed the crime.

So it's important to note that

if someone has a perception

of you having done a thing,

it will now follow you

for the rest of your life.

So just keep in mind

that what happens to you guys,

for example, with fingerprints

and retinal scans and photographs,

that is what is going to

happen to people in the future

when they resist policy changes

and when they try to protest

in a totally constitutionally

protected way.

This is for you, Director Clapper,

again on the surveillance front,

and I hope we can do this

in just a yes or no answer

because I know Senator Feinstein

wants to move on.

So, does the NSA

collect any type of data at all

on millions or hundreds

of millions of Americans?

No, sir.

It does not?

Not wittingly.

There are cases

where they could inadvertently,

perhaps, collect, but not wittingly.

The encrypted archive should

be available to you within seven days.

The key will follow

when everything else is done.

The material I provide,

and investigative effort required

will be too much for any one person.

I recommend at a very minimum,

you involve Glenn Greenwald.

I believe you know him.

The plain text of the payload

will include my true name details

for the record...

though it will be your decision

as to whether

or how to declare my involvement.

My personal desire is that you paint

the target directly on my back.

No one, not even my most

trusted confidante,

is aware of my intentions,

and it would not be fair for them

to fall under suspicion for my actions.

You may be the only one

who can prevent that,

and that is by immediately

nailing me to the cross

rather than trying

to protect me as a source.

On timing, regarding

meeting up in Hong Kong.

The first rendezvous attempt

will be at 10:
00 a.m. local time

on Monday.

We will meet in the hallway outside

of a restaurant in the Mira Hotel.

I will be working on a Rubik's Cube

so you can identify me.

Approach me, and ask if I know

the hours of the restaurant.

I'll respond by stating that

I'm not sure,

and suggest you try the lounge instead.

I'll offer to show you where it is,

and at that point we're good.

You simply need to follow naturally.

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