And history also shows that seemingly ordinary people who a… - Edward Snowden

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And history also shows that seemingly ordinary people who are sufficiently resolute about justice can triumph over the most formidable adversaries.

Edward Snowden

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Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American former technical contractor for the United States National Security Agency (NSA) and a former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who leaked details of several top-secret U.S. and British government mass surveillance programs to the press. 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. 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 publications including Der Spiegel and The New York Times. In September 2022, Snowden was granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin.

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Birth Name: Edward Joseph Snowden

Alternative Names: Ed Snowden • Edward J. Snowden

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Unfortunately, the mainstream media now seems far more interested in what I said when I was 17 or what my girlfriend looks like rather than, say, the largest program of suspicionless surveillance in human history.

The Fourth Amendment... Is not a basic privacy law. That's a specific prohibition against the government to engage in particular kinds of searches, but it does nothing to protect you from sort of the predatory activities of companies.

Are people aware of the extent of the intrusion? Are people aware of what is happening? And is it necessary? Is it something they consented to? And I think for the vast majority of people, the answer is no.... Z

And history also shows that seemingly ordinary people who are sufficiently resolute about justice can triumph over the most formidable adversaries. - Edward Snowden

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