Edward Snowden, born on this day in 1983, is an American whistleblower who leaked highly classified information from the NSA in 2013 when he was working as a CIA employee, exposing multiple governments' widespread surveillance programs.

Snowden's 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, prompting a cultural discussion about national security and individual privacy.

In 2013, the United States Department of Justice unsealed charges against Snowden of two counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and theft of government property, revoking his passport. Two days later, he flew into a Moscow Airport, where Russian authorities noted that his U.S. passport had been canceled, and he could not leave the airport terminal for over one month.

Russia later granted Snowden the right of asylum with an initial visa for residence for one year, and he continues to reside there on extension today.

"Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give to an American."

  • Edward Snowden

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  • Gamer_time [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Inside of you are two wolves.

    One knows that death by asphyxiation in total isolation at the bottom of the sea is a horrible way to go

    two-wolves-1 two-wolves-2

    The other hates the rich

    You are content with the current events.

      • Gamer_time [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        emergency-room "G. Time, presented to the emergency room, complaining of extreme pain in his entire body. When doctors further examined him, they found two whole adult wolves present within the patients body. This was an extreme case that had to be handled urgently, but how did it happen in the first place? A week prior..."