Edward Snowden
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Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American whistleblower who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 when he was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and subcontractor. 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.
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See also
- Aftermath of the global surveillance disclosures
- Philip Agee
- ECHELON
- John Crane
- German Parliamentary Committee investigating the NSA spying scandal
- List of people who have lived at airports
- List of whistleblowers
- Mass surveillance in the United States
- NSA warrantless surveillance (2001–07)
- Operation Socialist (code name)
- Panetta Review
- Russian influence operations in the United States
- Stellar Wind (code name)
- Terrorist Surveillance Program
- Haven (software) – Free and open-source Android app co-developed by Snowden and The Guardian Project
- GPG for Journalists
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