Former government contractor Edward Snowden attempted to contact the National Security Agency about its surveillance programs before exposing a trove of documents to the public, Vice News reports. In response to a “long-running” Freedom-of-Information-Act lawsuit, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released more than 800 pages of communications to Vice News revealing Snowden tried to ask questions about the “interpretation of legal authorities” related to the programs. The documents also reveal Snowden’s face-to-face interaction with an official, details about Snowden’s work with the agency, and efforts by the NSA, the White House and U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to discredit Snowden.
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