Uploaded March 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Edward Snowden at Liberty Forum NH, discusses Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road investigation with Reason's Nick Gillespie:
Gillespie:
"In the case of Ross Ulbricht, who was prosecuted for founding the Silk Road website and is appealing a life sentence, do you assume, or should we assume, that the NSA was involved in corroberating or gathering evidence which they might have denied in the actual trial?"
Snowden: "Yes."
and later:
Snowden: (2:06) "It seems unthinkable to me that there was not an intelligence angle internationally that was involved in that case."
Edward Snowden at Liberty Forum NH, discusses Ross Ulbricht and Silk Road investigation with Reason's Nick Gillespie:
Gillespie:
"In the case of Ross Ulbricht, who was prosecuted for founding the Silk Road website and is appealing a life sentence, do you assume, or should we assume, that the NSA was involved in corroberating or gathering evidence which they might have denied in the actual trial?"
Snowden: "Yes."
and later:
Snowden: (2:06) "It seems unthinkable to me that there was not an intelligence angle internationally that was involved in that case."
