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1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 30 sec.) ; 313077167 bytes |
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FALCON LANDSIn the 1970s, Christopher Boyce's name became inextricably linked with the political tensions of the time when he was jailed for selling classified US information to the KGB in the Soviet Union. The spy's story was also made famous by the movie, The Falcon and The Snowman, but in recent decades Boyce has been off the radar. On Tuesday's Dateline, Mark Davis tracks him down to the mountains of Oregon, where he's been living in virtual anonymity since his release from prison. In an explosive interview, Boyce recounts his time working for a CIA subsidiary that provided satellite equipment to the spy base at Pine Gap in central Australia. And he makes claims that during the time of Gough Whitlam's troubled government, the CIA was interfering in Australian politics and its trade unions.SNOWDEN SPEAKSEdward Snowden knows that some US officials would like to see him shot dead or poisoned, but he says he can still sleep easily at night, because he did what he needed to do. The whistleblower's thinking is revealed in his first full-length television interview, to be screened in an Australian exclusive on Tuesday's Dateline. In a secret location in Moscow, he speaks candidly to Hubert Seipel from German broadcaster NDR about the far-reaching surveillance details he leaked, the treason charges he faces, and his life in exile in Russia. But with opinions divided over his actions, is Snowden a traitor who needs to be prosecuted or a hero who needs to be protected? |
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Broadcast 2014-02-18 at 21:30:00 |
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Boyce, Christopher John.
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United States. National Security Agency.
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Deception -- Political aspects.
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Espionage.
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International relations -- Political aspects.
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Death threats.
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United States.
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Russia (Federation)
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Streaming video
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Rao, Anjali, host
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Davis, Mark, reporter
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Seipel, Hubert, reporter
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Boyce, Cait, contributor
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Boyce, Chris, contributor
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Boyce, Christopher John, contributor
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Snowden, Edward, contributor
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