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Who is Edward Snowden, the self-styled NSA leaker?

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2023-06-02 15:12
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In this file still frame grab recorded on June 6, 2013 and released to AFP on June 10, Edward Snowden speaks during an interview with The Guardian newspaper at an undisclosed location in Hong Kong. [Photo/VCG]

January 2013

Snowden reaches out to Laura Poitras, a documentary filmmaker.

March 2013

He seeks a new contractor job with Booz Allen Hamilton at the same NSA facility in Hawaii.

May 2013

Snowden begins sending some documents to Poitras, Greenwald and to Barton Gellman of The Washington Post.

May 20, 2013

Snowden arrives in Hong Kong from Hawaii.

June 2, 2013

Greenwald and Poitras arrive in Hong Kong.

June 5, 2013

First revelations arising from the documents provided by Snowden are published in The Guardian's article about NSA's collection of domestic email and telephone metadata from Verizon as part of what is later revealed to be an even broader collection effort.

June 6, 2013

The Guardian and The Washington Post each publish an article about NSA program PRISM, which forces biggest US internet companies to hand over data on domestic users.

June 8, 2013

The Guardian publishes NSA slides on Boundless Informant, which shows NSA collected nearly 3 billion pieces of intelligence inside the US in February 2013 alone.

June 9, 2013

The Guardian reveals Edward Snowden as the source of NSA leaks.

June 11, 2013

The European Union demands US assurances that Europeans' rights are not infringed upon by the newly-revealed surveillance programs. Snowden is fired by Booz Allen Hamilton.

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