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, who...

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).

Jun 26, 2018 · On June 5, 2013, Americans learned that their government was spying broadly on its own people. That’s when The Guardian, and later The Washington Post, published the first of a series of...

Nov 19, 2020 · 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 Headquarters (GCHQ).

Jun 10, 2013 · A British newspaper identified its source as Edward Snowden, a former C.I.A. employee who has worked at the National Security Agency as a contractor.

Snowden will go down in history as one of America's most consequential whistleblowers, alongside Daniel Ellsberg and Bradley Manning. He is responsible for handing over material from one of the world's most secretive organisations – the NSA. 2

May 19, 2023 · What came next were weeks of disclosures—and official declassifications—as Edward Snowden worked with some of the world’s top news organizations to reveal critical facts about the National Security Agency vacuuming up people’s online communications, internet activity, and phone records, both inside and outside the U.S..

Jun 11, 2013 · Edward J. Snowden orchestrated an elaborate plan to reveal the closely guarded secrets he had emerged with from deep inside the American national security apparatus.

6 days ago · Statement of Department of Justice Spokeswoman Nanda Chitre on Edward Snowden. Sunday, June 23, 2013. For Immediate Release. Office of Public Affairs As we stated yesterday, the United States had contacted authorities in Hong Kong to seek the extradition of Mr. Snowden, based on the criminal complaint filed in the Eastern District of Virginia ...

6 days ago · • On June 14, 2013, the fugitive, Edward J. Snowden, was charged by complaint in the ED VA with violations of: o 18 U.S.C. § 793(d) (Unauthorized Disclosure of National Defense Information); o 18 U.S.C. § 798(a)(3) (Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Communication Intelligence); and o 18 U.S.C. § 641 (Theft of Government Property).