'I don't want to live in a world where everything I do is recorded,' says America's most wanted man as he comes out ofhiding to reveal why he blew the whistle on US online spying

Whistleblower: Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA technical
assistant, revealed he had passed classified information on Prism to
the media and then fled to Hong Kong
America's most wanted man has broken cover to reveal why he decidedto
leak documents from one of the world's most notorious spy
organisations.
Former CIA worker Edward Snowden admitted he would be 'made to suffer'
after triggering shockwaves across the globe by handing over
top-secret files from the US National Security Agency (NSA).
The 29-year-old whistleblower, who earned £130,000 a year ( $200,000)
, exposed chilling details of how the covert agency, based in
Maryland, gathers private information from people around the world –
including inBritain – using a programme called Prism.
Revealing why he blew the whistle he said: 'I do not want to live in a
world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something
I am willing to support or live under.'
The Prism system gives officials easy access to data held by nine of
the world's top internet companies, including Google, Facebook,
Microsoft and Skype.
Mr Snowden acted after becoming convinced the US government's bid to
harvest personal information from millions of individuals was a
'threat to democracy'.
And he described how he fears he will be kidnapped and returned to
America to face espionage charges and possiblelife in prison – or even
murdered on Washington's orders.