Edward snowden stole hundreds of thousands of highly classified secrets and handed them to journalists while holed up in a hong kong hotel room. With that simple message, sent in december 2012 from former nsa contractor edward snowden to guardian reporter glenn greenwald, the biggest leak of government secrets in history was set in motion. The snowden archive this repository is a complete collection of all documents leaked by former national security agency contractor and whistleblower edward snowden that have subsequently been published by news media around the world If you notice something is missing or wrong, please file an issue or tweet at @iamcryptoki. What did edward snowden do He uncovered many global surveillance programs run by the nsa with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and european governments
It prompted an important discussion about people's privacy and national security in general. Edward snowden, a former nsa contractor, leaked classified information in 2013 revealing global surveillance programs conducted by the nsa and its international partners, sparking worldwide debates on privacy and government transparency. The snowden surveillance archive is a complete collection of all documents that former nsa contractor edward snowden leaked in june 2013 to journalists laura poitras, glenn greenwald and ewen macaskill, and subsequently were published by news media, such as the guardian, the new york times, the washington post, der spiegel, le monde, el mundo and the intercept The leaked documents and their. Welcome to the snowden digital surveillance archive this archive is a collection of all documents leaked by former nsa contractor edward snowden that have subsequently been published by news media Our aim in creating this archive is to provide a tool that would facilitate citizen, researcher and journalist access to these important documents
