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On June 9, 2013, ''The Guardian'' revealed Snowden as the source of the leak, with his permission, as he gave an interview about his motivation. The Guardian asked: "Q: When did you decide to leak the documents?" Snowden responded: A: "You see things that may be disturbing. When you see everything you realise that some of these things are abusive. The awareness of wrong-doing builds up. There was not one morning when I woke up [and decided this is it]. It was a natural process. A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama's promises. I was going to disclose it [but waited because of his election]. He continued with the policies of his predecessor." <ref>Ewen MacAskill, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-why Edward Snowden, NSA files source: 'If they want to get you, in time they will'Source for the Guardian's NSA files on why he carried out the biggest intelligence leak in a generation – and what comes next], ''The Guardian'', June 9, 2013.</ref>

On Monday, June 17, 2013, Snowden held a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower?guni=Network%20front:network-front%20main-2%20Special%20trail:Network%20front%20-%20special%20trail:Position1 live Q&A session] published on the ''[[Guardian]]''. He answered questions from the public in a live forum as well as with the [[Twitter]] hashtag #AskSnowden.

==Hiding and Search for Asylum==