- American computer professional, former CIA employee and former contractor for the US government
- He leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 without prior authorization
Real name: | Edward Joseph Snowden |
Edward Snowden Height
| How tall is Edward Snowden? | 180 cm / 5 ft 11 in | Born: | 21 June 1983 Comment | How old is Edward Snowden in 2024? / Age: | 40 years
| Where was Edward Snowden born? | Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA | Zodiac sign: | Gemini |
Edward Snowden Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| How much is Edward Snowden worth? | $200,000
| Nationality: | American | Hair color: | Light brown | Eyes color: | Brown |
Who is Edward Snowden? / Facts
- 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
- In 2013, Snowden was hired by an NSA contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton, after previous employment with Dell and the CIA
- On May 20, 2013, Snowden flew to Hong Kong after leaving his job at an NSA facility in Hawaii and in early June he revealed thousands of classified NSA documents to journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras and Ewen MacAskill
- Snowden came to international attention after stories based on the material appeared in The Guardian and The Washington Post
- Further disclosures were made by other newspapers including Der Spiegel and The New York Times
- On June 21, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed charges against Snowden of two counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and theft of government property
- On June 23, he flew to Moscow, Russia, where he remained for over a month
- Russian authorities granted him one-year asylum, which was later extended to three years
- As of 2016, he was still living in an undisclosed location in Russia while seeking asylum elsewhere
- In January 2017, Russia extends Edward Snowden’s asylum for “a couple more years”, according to NYTimes
- A subject of controversy, Snowden has been variously called a hero, a whistleblower, a dissident, a patriot and a traitor
- His disclosures have fueled debates over mass surveillance, government secrecy and the balance between national security and information privacy
- As actor, he is known for Citizenfour (2014), Snowden (2016) and Terminal F/Chasing Edward Snowden (2015)
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Education
- Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland, USA
- Arundel High School, Gambrills, Maryland, USA
- University of Liverpool, UK
Quotes
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Would I do it again? ...Absolutely.
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I don't want to live in a world where everything I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity and love or friendship is recorded
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Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give an American.
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There have, of course, been some stories where my calculation of what is not public interest differs from that of reporters, but it is for this precise reason that publication decisions were entrusted to journalists and their editors. I recognize I have clear biases influencing my judgment.
- I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public
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What we recoil against most strongly is not that such surveillance can theoretically occur, but that it was done without a majority of society even being aware it was possible.
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Presidents come and go, but policies stay.
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There is a technical solution to every political problem...In general, if you agree with the first amendment principles, you agree with encryption. It's just code. Arguing against encryption would be analogous to arguing against hidden meanings in paintings or poetry.
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If an ordinary worker at the State Department or the Central Intelligence Agency ... were sending details about the security of embassies ... meetings with private government officials, foreign government officials, and the statements that were made to them in confidence over unclassified email systems, they would not only lose their job and lose their clearance, they would very likely face prosecution for it.
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