National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has laid down his sword.
Snowden, who earlier this year exposed the invasive global spying practices of the government, said he "accomplished" what he set out to do and he has no regrets about leaking the NSA's classified surveillance documents to the press.
"For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission's already accomplished," Snowden told the Washington Post in an interview published Tuesday. "I already won."
Snowden, who is currently in Russia after gaining temporary asylum Aug. 1.
"As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything that I had been trying to do was validated,"he said. "Because, remember, I didn't want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself."
The 30-year-old is a former NSA contractor who fled the U.S. after he leaked documents to The Guardian in June detailing the NSA's collection of the phone and Internet records of Americans and government leaders around the world.
President Barack Obama said on Dec. 20 that he will consider some changes to NSA policies, Fox News reported. Earlier that week, a federal judge said the NSA's secret surveillance methods are probably unconstitutional. The judge's ruling however, does not officially stop the NSA from gathering intelligence.
The U.S. government has charged Snowden with theft, espionage and unauthorized communication of national defense and intelligence information, according to The Economic Times. Though his goal is accomplished, Snowden said he is not quite done with the NSA.
"I am working to improve the NSA," he told the Washington Post. "I am still working for the NSA right now. They are the only ones who don't realize it."
Snowden also said he wants the people to have a voice.
"All I want was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed," he said, "That is a milestone we left a long time ago."
