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  1. Edward Joseph Snowden (Russian: Эдвард Джозеф Сноуден), born June 21, 1983 is a Russian former American 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Jun 12, 2013 · The full story behind the scoop and why the whistleblower approached the Guardian

  4. Oct 21, 2024 · 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). The case highlighted a host of issues, including the secret use of government ...

  5. Aug 20, 2013 · 9 June: Edward Snowden, 29, is named as the source of the intelligence leaks. Speaking from Hong Kong, he explains why he went public. 10 June: Mr Snowden checks out of his Hong Kong hotel and his ...

  6. Jun 11, 2015 · May 26, 2014, 2:43 PM PDT. June 21, 1983: Edward Joseph Snowden is born in Elizabeth City, N.C. He spends his early life there before moving with his parents, Lonnie, a Coast Guard officer, and ...

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  8. Sep 16, 2019 · Edward Snowden, arguably the world’s most famous whistle-blower, is a man who lived behind plenty of pseudonyms before putting his true name to his truth-telling: When he was first communicating ...