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Himself the journalist at the guardian who broke the story says that he's been working with this guy since before he got the job at the national security agency. that suggests that he wasn't some idealist who suddenly went to -- you know took this job and suddenly was inundated with information that he found disturbing. it suggests that he took the job knowing that he already had the top secret classification, took the job nothing he'd be able to get access to some secrets that he could later spill. >> yeah, and he went to work for booze allen, specifically which is a contractor to nsa. jon: c...

Whatever it is that's coming his way. >> booz allen hamilton, the national security contract where snowden worked this morning confirming that he's been fired for violating the company's code of ethics, adding that his salary was $122,000 a year, not $200,000 as previously reported. and with two briefings on the nsa programs coming up shortly on capitol hill, both are classified and closed to the public. democratic senator ron wyden this morning called for public hearings after this exchange with the nation's intelligence chief in march. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on milli...

Reportedly examining how snowden as a federal contractor in hawaii, had access to such sensitive information. some in washington are questioning whether the government relies too much on contractors and one security expert says a government worker could have just as easily leaked this information. >> contractors exist for a lot of reasons. if you have a limited budget under sequester you can't hire people for ten years. you don't know if the money is there. so you hire people under a shorter term contract. a civil servant can blow the whistle just like a contractor can. i don't see that as the...

Laws. they have no idea about his whereabouts. the media here is working itself up into a frenzy as they try and track him down, tamron. >> all right, ian. thank you very much for that information. now let me bring in our "news nation" political panel discussing this. thank you all for joining us. greg, i'd like to start with you. there is the lingering question of charges. i was fascinate by some of the articles, the most popular today regarding this nsa leak are all about snowden. people are fascinated by the fact he didn't graduate high school, but he landed this job making over $200,000 an...

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