Edward J. Snowden

(Difference between revisions)'''Edward J. Snowden''' (b. ca. 1984) is a 29-year-old IT specialist for defense contractor [[Booz Allen Hamilton]] who revealed the [[PRISM]] Internet snooping program of the [[National Security Agency]].  He is a former CIA employee who made himself famous in May and June 2013, by revealing to the world that the National Security Agency had in effect built a dossier on every man, woman and child in the country.  '''Edward J. Snowden''' (b. ca. 1984) is a 29-year-old IT specialist for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton who revealed the [[PRISM]] Internet snooping program of the [[National Security Agency]].  He is a former CIA employee who made himself famous in May and June 2013, by revealing to the world that the National Security Agency had in effect built a dossier on every man, woman and child in the country.  He told a British newspaper [[The Guardian]]He told a British newspaper [[The Guardian]]* "I will be satisfied if the federation of [[secret law]], [[unequal pardon]] and irresistible [[executive powers]] that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant." [http://www.humanevents.com/2013/06/10/meet-the-nsa-leaker/ Meet the NSA leaker], ''[[Human Events]]''* "I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant." [http://www.humanevents.com/2013/06/10/meet-the-nsa-leaker/ Meet the NSA leaker], ''[[Human Events]]''The ''Washington Post'' quotes him as sayingThe ''Washington Post'' quotes him as saying

Edward J. Snowden (b. ca. 1984) is a 29-year-old IT specialist for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton who revealed the PRISM Internet snooping program of the National Security Agency. He is a former CIA employee who made himself famous in May and June 2013, by revealing to the world that the National Security Agency had in effect built a dossier on every man, woman and child in the country.

He told a British newspaper The Guardian

"I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant."[1]

The Washington Post quotes him as saying

"Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest."[2]

John Boehner called Snowden a "traitor" who committed a "giant violation of the law" that put Americans at risk.[3]

? Meet the NSA leaker, Human Events? Edward Snowden comes forward as source of NSA leaks, Washington Post? Boehner describes NSA leaker as 'traitor'

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