Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower Behind the NSA Surveillance Revelations

By Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras

The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz Allen and Dell.

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