<p>In 2013, while working as a contractor at the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden leaked an extensive collection of top secret documents, an act of defiance that, today, still reverberates throughout US intelligence and international relations.</p>
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In 2013, while working as a contractor at the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden leaked an extensive collection of top secret documents, an act of defiance that, today, still reverberates throughout US intelligence and international relations. National Security Agency Headquarters, Fort Meade, MD Edward Snowden Glenn Greenwald, publicity photo Laura Poitras General Keith Alexander

<p>In 2013, while working as a contractor at the National Security Agency, Edward Snowden leaked an extensive collection of top secret documents, an act of defiance that, today, still reverberates throughout US intelligence and international relations.</p>
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Snowden-NSA-hq.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>National Security Agency Headquarters, Fort Meade, MD
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Snowdenpicture.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Edward Snowden
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SnowdenGreenwaldportrait.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Glenn Greenwald, publicity photo
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/SnowdenPoitras.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Laura Poitras
<a href="https://bytesizedbiographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Snowden-Keithalexander.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>General Keith Alexander

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