i'm just another guy who sits there day-to-day in the office, watches what's happening, and goes this is something that's not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong, and i'm willing to go on the record to defend the authenticity of them and say i didn't change these, i didn't modify the story. this is the truth, this is what's happening. you should decide whether we need to be doing this. >> that was the nsa leaker edward snowden revealing his identity and explaining his motives. at age 29, he had access to some of america's most sensitive secrets as the former cia employee and former intelligence contract worker. the world now knows that he spilled those secrets and is raising questions about the background check process for intelligence workers and u.s. contractors. let's go to our pentagon