
Today the NSA whistle-blower, Edward Snowden, participated in a reader Q&A with The Guardian, offering details on his incentives, his advice for the government, and his reactions to the public response. Last week, he made headlines when he outed himself for exposing the NSA's top-secret PRISM program, and his story flooded the media as everyone wondered: Who is Edward Snowden?
Today's Q&A forum marks an interesting choice — to answer questions from the public rather than engaging in a standard interview — and over about a four-hour period, Snowden addressed questions posted by commenters and Twitter users who used the hashtag #AskSnowden. Covering everything from Obama's duty to his girlfriend's sudden turn in the spotlight, here are some of the most revealing, compelling quotes from Snowden's responses:







