Booz Allen is a huge gov contractor, they employ 20k+ people and do (pretty much) anything and everything the federal government needs contractors for. From people like Snowden working intel jobs, to basic website design for NIH. They are "consultants" which can basically mean anything but several people in VA, DC and MD work for Booz Allen doing normal (if often times wasteful to the tax payer) work. The headquarters is in McClean but snowden worked out of Baltimore I believe. They have offices everywhere. A similar consulting firm is Deloitte. There are a handful of these firms that basically do the jobs of (and sometimes fleece) the incompetent federal bureaucracy.
The contractors, Whether directly employed or as a private contractor., usually have enough knowledge and experience, where they aren't bound to a single location. If anything, Ed, was probably "stationed" in Hawaii., because that's probably where the networks, he was monitoring, where based out of. There can be many advantages the Intel and InfoSec community can gain, by having their operatives, onsite where the data collection is occurring., or where maintenance and logistics work is needed.
His location stuck out when all the weird shit went down on 4chan with the weird locale in HI that was suspect. So I have wondered if he was aware of that location and what was going on there. Always felt he knew more but also knew when (like FBI anon) to point in a direction vs flat out saying everything he knows.
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2impendingdoom ago
Hi Nana, Booz Allen is where Edward Snowden worked, they are contractors for NSA, which is located in McLean.
evilhillary ago
Booz Allen is a huge gov contractor, they employ 20k+ people and do (pretty much) anything and everything the federal government needs contractors for. From people like Snowden working intel jobs, to basic website design for NIH. They are "consultants" which can basically mean anything but several people in VA, DC and MD work for Booz Allen doing normal (if often times wasteful to the tax payer) work. The headquarters is in McClean but snowden worked out of Baltimore I believe. They have offices everywhere. A similar consulting firm is Deloitte. There are a handful of these firms that basically do the jobs of (and sometimes fleece) the incompetent federal bureaucracy.
Freemasonsrus ago
I thought Snowden was working for NSA in Hawaii... Booz Allen Hawaii?
vector3rector ago
The contractors, Whether directly employed or as a private contractor., usually have enough knowledge and experience, where they aren't bound to a single location. If anything, Ed, was probably "stationed" in Hawaii., because that's probably where the networks, he was monitoring, where based out of. There can be many advantages the Intel and InfoSec community can gain, by having their operatives, onsite where the data collection is occurring., or where maintenance and logistics work is needed.
Freemasonsrus ago
His location stuck out when all the weird shit went down on 4chan with the weird locale in HI that was suspect. So I have wondered if he was aware of that location and what was going on there. Always felt he knew more but also knew when (like FBI anon) to point in a direction vs flat out saying everything he knows.