German newspaper Der Spiegel has released excerpts of a previously unpublished interview National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden conducted prior to revealing himself publicly. The interview was conducted over encrypted emails starting in mid-May between an anonymous Snowden, internet security activist Jacob Appelbaum, and documentarian Laura Poitras, who helped write some of the first reports based on documents leaked by Snowden. The questions were generated by Appelbaum after Poitras told him she wanted him to help assess the legitimacy of someone who contacted her claiming to be from the NSA.
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