Edward Snowden
Edward Joseph Snowden is a Russian former American NSA intelligence contractor and whistleblower 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. He was indicted for espionage. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes intelligence alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments and prompted a cultural discussion about national security and individual privacy. In... Wikipedia
- Born: Edward Joseph Snowden, June 21, 1983, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S.
- Age: 41 years
- Citizenship: United States, Russia
- Alma mater: Anne Arundel Community College, University of Liverpool
- Occupation: Computer security consultant
- Employer: Booz Allen Hamilton, Kunia Camp, Hawaii, U.S, (until June 10, 2013)
- Known for: Revealing classified U.S. Government surveillance programs, in exile in Russia since June 23, 2013
- Children: 2
- Relatives: Edward J. Barrett (grandfather)
- Awards: Right Livelihood Award
- Website: edwardsnowden.substack.com