Edward Snowden

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computer security specialist former intelligence contractor human whistleblower

Edward Snowden is a former National Security Agency contractor who became internationally known in 2013 for leaking classified documents revealing global mass surveillance programs.

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Edward Joseph Snowden 1

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instanceOf computer security specialist ⓘ
former intelligence contractor ⓘ
human ⓘ
whistleblower ⓘ
authorOf Permanent Record ⓘ
causeOfNotability leaking classified NSA documents in 2013 ⓘ
charge theft of government property (United States) ⓘ
unauthorized communication of national defense information ⓘ
willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person ⓘ
chargedUnder Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1983-06-21 ⓘ
disclosedTo Ewen MacAskill ⓘ
Glenn Greenwald ⓘ
Laura Poitras ⓘ
educatedAt Anne Arundel Community College ⓘ
employer Booz Allen Hamilton ⓘ
Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Dell ⓘ
National Security Agency ⓘ
familyName Edward Snowden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Snowden
fullName Edward Snowden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward Joseph Snowden
givenName Edward ⓘ
grantedPermanentResidencyIn Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
knownFor advocacy for privacy rights ⓘ
criticism of mass surveillance ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
leakedInformationAbout PRISM surveillance program ⓘ
Upstream collection programs ⓘ
XKeyscore ⓘ
surface form: XKeyscore surveillance system

global mass surveillance ⓘ
internet communications surveillance ⓘ
telephone metadata collection by NSA ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
notableEvent 2013 global surveillance disclosures ⓘ
notableWork disclosure of NSA mass surveillance programs ⓘ
occupation IT consultant ⓘ
author ⓘ
systems administrator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
politicalAlignment civil liberties advocate ⓘ
receivedAsylumFrom Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
residence Moscow ⓘ
surface form: Moscow, Russia
servedIn Army Reserve ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Reserve
spouse Lindsay Mills ⓘ
subjectOf Citizenfour ⓘ
Snowden (2016 film) ⓘ
twitterHandle Edward Snowden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: @Snowden
workedForAgency Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
National Security Agency ⓘ
yearOfAsylum 2013 ⓘ
yearOfPermanentResidency 2020 ⓘ

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Citizenfour → featuresCharacter → Edward Snowden ⓘ
Edward Snowden → fullName → Edward Snowden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Melissa Leo → hasActedIn → Edward Snowden ⓘ
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Alternative Nobel Prize → hasLaureate → Edward Snowden ⓘ
Right Livelihood Award → hasLaureate → Edward Snowden ⓘ
MacArthur Fellows → hasNotableRecipient → Edward Snowden ⓘ
EFF Pioneer Award → notableRecipient → Edward Snowden ⓘ
Open Road Films → notableRelease → Edward Snowden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Snowden
Melissa Leo → notableWork → Edward Snowden ⓘ
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Rhys Ifans → notableWork → Edward Snowden ⓘ
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XKeyscore → revealedBy → Edward Snowden ⓘ
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Citizenfour → subject → Edward Snowden ⓘ
Edward Snowden → twitterHandle → Edward Snowden self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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