Edward Snowden (1983 - )
Tue Jun 21, 1983
Image: Edward Snowden speaks about the NSA leaks in an interview with reporter Glenn Greenwald at the hotel The Mira Hong Kong. [Wikipedia]
Edward Snowden, born on this day in 1983, is an American whistleblower who leaked highly classified information from the NSA in 2013 when he was working as a CIA employee, exposing multiple governments’ widespread surveillance programs.
Snowden’s disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments, prompting a cultural discussion about national security and individual privacy.
In 2013, the United States Department of Justice unsealed charges against Snowden of two counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and theft of government property, revoking his passport. Two days later, he flew into a Moscow Airport, where Russian authorities noted that his U.S. passport had been canceled, and he could not leave the airport terminal for over one month.
Russia later granted Snowden the right of asylum with an initial visa for residence for one year, and he continues to reside there on extension today.
“Being called a traitor by Dick Cheney is the highest honor you can give to an American.”
- Edward Snowden
- Date: 1983-06-21
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You asked me to share statements that Russia made that you mirrored. So I did.
Nice try changing the subject instead of acknowledging that you’re parroting Kremlin talking points.
Remember when he said he supported Kamala Harris when he was accused of election interference in the US?
You were done when you revealed that you don’t even know the meaning of espionage.
Your whole argument is: -“Snowden threw away his life because he is such a nice guy.”
-“Snowden chose flights that land in Russia but it’s Americas fault he’s there!”
-“How could Snowden possibly know that his passport would be cancelled after committing espionage and fleeing the country.”
You’ve been repeating Russian propaganda this whole time. I wanted to see if you would call Hong Kong China or repeat Chinese propaganda too.
Again, Chelsea Manning plead guilty to espionage (being a spy). You’re trying to reject reality and replace it with your revisionism.
“hOw CoUlD sNoWdEn KnOw HiS pAsSpOrT wOuLd Be CaNcElEd AfTeR cOmItTiNg EsPiOnAgE aNd FlEeInG tHe CoUnTrY?!”
Normal Americans don’t commit espionage and flee the country and then expect their passports to stay valid. This has to be the dumbest of all your arguments.
Like you couldn’t possibly forecast that a country would cancel a passport over espionage. I’m crying laughing at how stupid that is.
Lmao, you’re going with “spies can’t sleep in airports”! I bet you think dogs can’t look up also…
This is called reading not listening. Maybe you’re hearing yourself struggle to sound out each word.
Looks like you don’t have any response to the facts.
I like how you pretend this is a waste of time so you have an excuse to not respond. But if that were true you just wouldn’t respond.
So your copy and paste reply is proof you can’t admit you are wrong.
Remember that time you were wrong about Snowden but you couldn’t admit it so you just kept reposting the same comment?
That was funny
Remember how you couldn’t forecast that Snowden would get his passport cancelled for commiting espionage and fleeing the country? That was hilarious.