Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American-Russian former NSA intelligence contractor and whistleblower [4] who leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs. He became a naturalized Russian citizen in 2022.. In 2013, while working as a government contractor, Snowden leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA).

Nov 19, 2020 · After Deep Throat and Daniel Ellsberg, one of the whistleblowers at the top of American minds is Edward Snowden. In 2013, Snowden revealed the existence of previously classified mass intelligence-gathering surveillance programs run by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the U.K.’s intelligence organization, Government Communications ...

3 days ago · Edward Snowden (born June 21, 1983, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S.) is an American intelligence contractor and whistleblower who in 2013 revealed the existence of secret wide-ranging information-gathering programs conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA).

Apr 8, 2018 · In 2013, Edward Snowden, a former intelligence contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), revealed the existence of previously highly classified intelligence-gathering surveillance programs run by the NSA and the U.K.’s equivalent, the GCHQ.

3 days ago · “Is Edward Snowden a traitor to the United States of America? ... Mr. Snowden broke the law and she would ensure that future intelligence officers knew how to properly make a whistle-blower ...

2 days ago · In 2020, then-Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard introduced legislation calling on the federal government to drop all charges against Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor ...

3 days ago · Gabbard for years portrayed Snowden — a former government contractor who leaked a vast trove of classified information — as a “brave whistleblower” and called for him to be pardoned ...

Jan 17, 2014 · Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the CIA, left the US in late May after leaking to the media details of extensive internet and phone surveillance by American intelligence. Mr Snowden,...

Sep 19, 2019 · To Snowden, the classified information he shared with the journalists exposed privacy abuses by government intelligence agencies. He saw himself as a whistleblower. But the U.S. government...

Sep 16, 2019 · Snowden is a controversial figure, and whistle-blowing, which is how Snowden describes what he did, is a contentious subject, especially when it concerns intelligence operations.