United States v. Edward Snowden
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United States v. Edward Snowden is the U.S. criminal case in which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was charged for leaking classified surveillance documents, leading to international debates over government secrecy and privacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States v. Edward Snowden canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T439841 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Edward Snowden Context triple: [Espionage Act of 1917, usedInCase, United States v. Edward Snowden]
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A.
United States v. Chelsea Manning
United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
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B.
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
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C.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is a specialized U.S. federal court that reviews and authorizes government requests for electronic surveillance and other intelligence-gathering activities for national security purposes.
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D.
Edward Snowden
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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E.
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is a U.S. law that expanded and updated government authority to conduct warrantless surveillance of foreign targets while providing legal protections for telecommunications companies assisting such intelligence activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Edward Snowden Target entity description: United States v. Edward Snowden is the U.S. criminal case in which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was charged for leaking classified surveillance documents, leading to international debates over government secrecy and privacy.
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A.
United States v. Chelsea Manning
United States v. Chelsea Manning was the high-profile court-martial of U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, resulting in a landmark conviction under U.S. military and national security law.
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B.
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg
United States v. Daniel Ellsberg was the landmark criminal case against the former military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers, leading to dismissed charges after revelations of government misconduct.
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C.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is a specialized U.S. federal court that reviews and authorizes government requests for electronic surveillance and other intelligence-gathering activities for national security purposes.
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D.
Edward Snowden
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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E.
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is a U.S. law that expanded and updated government authority to conduct warrantless surveillance of foreign targets while providing legal protections for telecommunications companies assisting such intelligence activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal prosecution
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criminal case ⓘ |
| charge |
theft of government property
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unauthorized communication of national defense information ⓘ willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person ⓘ |
| consequence |
calls for surveillance reform in the United States
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international debate over government surveillance ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| defendantLocation | Russia ⓘ |
| defendantOccupationAtTimeOfOffense | NSA contractor ⓘ |
| defendantStatus | fugitive ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
classified documents
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electronic communications ⓘ |
| filedBy | United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| filedIn | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ |
| hasDefendant | Edward Snowden ⓘ |
| hasExtraditionRequestTo | Russia ⓘ |
| hasPlaintiff | United States of America ⓘ |
| involvesOrganization |
National Security Agency
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United States Department of Justice ⓘ |
| involvesPerson | Edward Snowden ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| legalBasis |
18 U.S.C. § 641
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18 U.S.C. § 793 ⓘ 18 U.S.C. § 798 ⓘ Espionage Act of 1917 ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | international ⓘ |
| notableFor | prosecution under the Espionage Act for leaks to the press ⓘ |
| publicDebate |
balance between national security and privacy
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scope of U.S. surveillance powers ⓘ treatment of whistleblowers under the Espionage Act ⓘ |
| relatedCaseTopic |
2013 global surveillance disclosures
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surface form:
United States mass surveillance disclosures (2013)
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| relatesTo |
National Security Agency
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classified information ⓘ government secrecy ⓘ mass surveillance ⓘ privacy rights ⓘ surveillance programs ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ |
| status | pending ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
electronic surveillance
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foreign intelligence gathering ⓘ signals intelligence ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | disclosure of classified NSA surveillance documents ⓘ |
| yearOfIndictment | 2013 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States v. Edward Snowden Description of subject: United States v. Edward Snowden is the U.S. criminal case in which former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was charged for leaking classified surveillance documents, leading to international debates over government secrecy and privacy.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.