Hillary Rodham Clinton Talks NSA, Presidential Aspirations With Kara Swisher

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https://recode.net/2015/02/24/hillary-rodham-clinton-talks-nsa-presidential-aspirations-with-kara-swisher/


Americans feel “betrayed” by the revelations of the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities and it needs to be more transparent, Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday at a gathering of female Silicon Valley executives, in a conversation that touched on issues from gender discrimination to her presidential aspirations.

Asked if former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was a traitor, Clinton responded that “I can never condone what he did,” saying that his disclosures had damaged national security.

At the same time, the government also has responsibilities it needs to live up to, she said.

“The NSA has to act lawfully, and we as a country have to decide what the rules are and make it absolutely clear we will hold them accountable,” she said in an interview with Re/code co-executive editor Kara Swisher at the sold-out Lead On Watermark Silicon Valley Conference for Women after a speech that focused mostly on gender discrimination issues and the economic importance of women.

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In both her speech and in conversation with Swisher, Clinton spoke at length about the challenges facing working women in the U.S. and how more needs to be done to encourage women to get into science and technology fields.

Gender inequality issues were a major topic of discussion at the networking conference, which included sessions on “Bridging the Cross-Gender Communication Gap to Improve your Leadership and Advance Your Position” and “Breaking Through: How to Overcome Fears, Inertia, Gender Bias and Other Obstacles.”