Snowden: The whistleblower

Snowden is true to its subject but lacks the drama you would expect from the powerful, real-life story

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When Edward Snowden is unable to serve in the US Special Forces because he isn't physically fit enough, he applies to join the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). His interviewer informs Snowden he would not make the cut. Ordinarily, he adds. But this was the post-9/11 world and American intelligence agencies were short of brains. "I'm going to give you a shot," the interviewer tells a grateful Snowden, who replies, "You won't regret it." How he turned into the recruiter's worst nightmare is the basis of Snowden, Oliver Stone's biopic about the ...

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Snowden: The whistleblower