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whistleblower
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About
Edward Snowden is a former NSA contractor and whistleblower who leaked classified documents in 2013, revealing global surveillance programs.
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Apple Inc
attacked
Snowden has accused Apple of cooperating with governments on data access post-2013 leaks, despite privacy marketing, in interviews and writings.
Since 2013
David Carr
interviewed
On the night he died, Carr led a conversation at The New School in New York City with filmmaker Laura Poitras, journalist Glenn Greenwald, and Edward Snowden (via live video). The event discussed Poitras' film 'Citizenfour' about Snowden. During the hourlong event, Carr congratulated Greenwald on winning a Pulitzer Prize.
Since 2015
Recent Events
Snowden Revelations
NSA PRISM surveillance exposed
6/7/2013