But by the end of 2013, his name was on every top 10 list, and the revelations contained with the nsa documents he leaked have inspired today's. Intelligence chiefs say revelations from the trove of classified documents disclosed by national security agency contractor edward snowden are still trickling out five years later. Edward joseph snowden (born june 21, 1983) is a former national security agency (nsa) intelligence contractor and whistleblower [2] who leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs
Five years on, what has changed since the Edward Snowden scandal? - Verdict
Born in 1983 in elizabeth city, north carolina, he attended a community college and later enrolled at a masters programme of the university of liverpool without finishing it.
The snowden archive this repository is a complete collection of all documents leaked by former national security agency contractor and whistleblower edward snowden that have subsequently been published by news media around the world
If you notice something is missing or wrong, please file an issue or tweet at @iamcryptoki. A breakdown of the informative leaks provided by the former cia employee, edward snowden, who spent time working with the nsa and shared highly classified information. With that simple message, sent in december 2012 from former nsa contractor edward snowden to guardian reporter glenn greenwald, the biggest leak of government secrets in history was set in motion. Edward snowden stole hundreds of thousands of highly classified secrets and handed them to journalists while holed up in a hong kong hotel room.
With the film snowden premiering friday, it's worth taking a look back at what secrets edward snowden actually revealed.
