Snowden Criticises Amazon for Hiring Former NSA Boss
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Snowden criticises Amazon for hiring former NSA boss:
A former National Security Agency (NSA) chief who was in the post when the Edward Snowden scandal broke has joined Amazon's board as a director. Gen Keith Alexander, whose appointment was made public on Wednesday, became known to the public after Mr Snowden blew the whistle on the agency's mass surveillance programs. A spokesman for Privacy International told the BBC the move was "worrying". The BBC has asked Amazon for comment.
Hours after Gen Alexander's appointment was made public Mr Snowden took to Twitter to voice his concern.
"It turns out 'Hey Alexa' is short for 'Hey Keith Alexander,'" he tweeted.
"Yes, the Keith Alexander personally responsible for the unlawful mass surveillance programs that caused a global scandal," he added.
Last week, a US federal court ruled that the NSA's phone record surveillance, uncovered by Mr Snowden in 2013, was illegal.
Gen Alexander suggested at the time that reporters should not have been allowed to report on the documents that were leaked by Mr Snowden.
"I think it's wrong that that newspaper reporters have all these documents, the 50,000-whatever they have and are selling them and giving them out as if these - you know it just doesn't make sense," he told the Verge in 2013.
"We ought to come up with a way of stopping it," he added.
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