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| Edward Snowden | |
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| Born | Edward Joseph Snowden 1984 Elizabeth City, North Carolina |
| Occupation | Infrastructure Analyst |
| Employer | Booz Allen Hamilton |
| Known for | PRISM whistleblower |
Edward Joseph Snowden is a technical contractor and a whistleblower who released classified material on the United States National Security Agency's PRISM surveillance program.
Early life and career
Snowden was brought up in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, later moving with his family to Maryland where he studied computing at community college.
In 2003, Edward Snowden enlisted in the United States Army. He was discharged after breaking both of his legs in a training accident. He then went to work as a security guard for a covert NSA facility at the University of Maryland. After that he went to the CIA, where he worked on IT security. In 2007 the CIA stationed him with diplomatic cover in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was responsible for maintaining computer network security. Leaving the CIA in 2009, he worked for a private contractor inside an NSA facility on a United States military base in Japan.
At the time of his departure from the US in May 2013, he was working for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton inside of the NSA in Hawaii. He described his life as "very comfortable", living with his girlfriend and earning a salary of "roughly $200,000." He arrived in Hong Kong and began living in a hotel room, where he provided an interview to The Guardian.
See also
References
- Gellman, Barton; Blake, Aaron (2013-06-09). "Edward Snowden identified as source of NSA leaks". Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ^ Greenwald, Glenn (9 June 2013). "Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of NSA surveillance". The Guardian. Hong Kong: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
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