Edward Snowden

American whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor

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Edward Joseph Snowden 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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Snowden will make first major appearance since U.S. lawsuit at conference next month Fugitive U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden will speak next month by video at Web Summit in Lisbon, billed by the organizers as the world's largest annual tech conference. Reuters - Published on October 2, 2019
No reason for France to change mind over Snowden asylum: minister There's no reason for France to change its mind over a 2013 decision to deny former U.S spy agency contractor Edward Snowden asylum, French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on September 19, 2019
U.S. wants to seize all money Edward Snowden makes from new book The United States filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked secret documents about U.S. telephone and internet surveillance in 2013,.. Reuters - Published on September 17, 2019
U.S. sues Edward Snowden over new book, cites non-disclosure agreements The United States filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who in 2013 leaked secret documents about U.S. telephone and Internet surveillance,.. Reuters - Published on September 17, 2019
Edward Snowden expresses wish to return home to the US US whistle-blower Edward Snowden said he won't get a fair trial if he returns home to the US. BBC News - Published on September 16, 2019
Whistleblower Snowden: I'd love to be granted asylum in France Former U.S spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said he would love French President Emmanuel Macron to grant him political asylum after one of Macron's ministers said if it was up to her she would.. Reuters - Published on September 16, 2019

Snowden says he hopes France will grant him asylum Former U.S spy agency contractor Edward Snowden hopes France will grant him asylum, according to a France Inter radio interview to be broadcast on Monday. Reuters - Published on September 14, 2019
NSA Phone Data Collection Is Set to Shut Down by Simon Baxendale - In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the US government and National Security Agency put a number of new measures in place to help protect citizens across the.. One News Page Staff - Published on March 6, 2019