A triggering event? Among others, what he himself calls a science fiction vision.

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Disappointment of a young patriot, edifying observation of practices contrary to what he believed to be the values ​​of the country, cynicism and lies of the rulers ready to do anything in the name of security to set up a legal apparatus that reduces freedoms more and more… The journey recounted by Snowden sounds, over the stages of his rise to power in the agency, like so many stations leading him towards his “ professional and personal disappearance ”. A “ that’s enough, we have to talk ” that gradually sets in at the risk of his private life, a break with the daily life of a family, of a love… At the risk of his freedom… Crossing the mirror is here to frequent a kind of death.


Edward Snowden is 29 years old It's 2013, the same gambling data switzerland year he "left". Here he is in his office in the suburbs of Washington. His mission for the day is to find out everything about an Indonesian academic. Targeted by the NSA, the man has already been exposed by the service. By going through his file, Snowden discovers the digital life of the "suspect", his interests, his correspondence... A "virtual guarding" device even makes it possible to know if the stranger who is no longer a stranger, strays too far from home. But it's a family video that will attract Edward's full attention: the man is with his son.

“The father was trying to read something but the kid kept fidgeting. The computer’s internal microphone was picking up his little laugh, and I was there listening… The kid sat up… The father looked directly into the computer’s webcam. I couldn’t help but feel like he was looking at me. I suddenly realized I was holding my breath…”