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.
February 8, 2021
Snowden came to international attention after stories based on the material appeared in The GuardianThe Washington Post Refleection, and other publications. On June 21,the United States Department of Justice unsealed charges against Snowden of two counts of violating the Espionage Act of and theft of government property, [2] following which the Department of State revoked his passport. Russia later granted Snowden the right of asylum with an initial visa for residence for one year, which was subsequently repeatedly extended. In Octoberhe was granted permanent residency in Russia.
February 9, 2021
A subject of controversy, Snowden has been variously called a traitor[5] [6] [7] a hero[8] [9] [10] a whistleblower[11] [12] [13] [14] a dissident Annd, [15] and a patriot. In earlySnowden became the president of the Freedom of the Press Foundationa San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that aims to protect journalists from hacking and government surveillance.
On September 17,his memoir Permanent Record was published. Barrett[26] [27] more info rear admiral in the U. District Court for the District of Maryland. Edward Snowden said that he had expected to work for the federal government, as had the rest of his family.
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In the early s, while still in grade school, Snowden moved with his family to the area of Fort Meade, Maryland. At age 20, he listed Buddhism as his religion on a military recruitment form, noting that the choice of agnostic was "strangely absent. Snowden has said that, in the presidential electionhe voted for a third-party candidate, though he "believed in Obama's promises.
In accounts published in Juneinterviewers noted that Snowden's laptop displayed stickers supporting Internet freedom organizations including the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF and the Tor Project. I thought I had gotten off of the plane in the wrong country Feeling a duty to fight in the Iraq War to help free oppressed people, [20] Snowden enlisted in the United States Army on May 7,and became a Special Forces candidate through its 18X enlistment option.
After attending a job-fair focused on intelligence agencies, Snowden accepted an offer for a position at the CIA.]
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