Here is a look at the life of Edward Snowden, who admitted to leaking information about US surveillance programs to the press.
Personal
Birth date: June 21, 1983
Birth place: Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Birth name: Edward Joseph Snowden
Father: Lonnie Snowden, former Coast Guard officer
Mother: Elizabeth Snowden, federal court administrator
Marriage: Lindsay Mills (2017-present)
Other Facts
Dropped out of high school.
The Guardian reported that in 2009, Snowden got the first of several jobs with private contractors that worked with the National Security Agency (NSA).
Timeline
May 7, 2004 – Enlists in the Army Reserve as a Special Forces candidate.
September 28, 2004 – Is discharged from the Army Reserve without completing any training.
2013 – Works for Booz Allen Hamilton for less than three months, assigned to a team in Hawaii. Snowden is terminated on June 10, 2013.
May 16, 2013 – Snowden has his first direct exchange with Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman.
May 20, 2013 – Snowden leaves for Hong Kong.
May 24, 2013 – In an email to Gellman, Snowden requests that the Post publish information about PRISM, a surveillance program that gathers information from Facebook, Microsoft, Google and others.
June 5, 2013 – The Guardian reports that the US government has obtained a secret court order that requires Verizon to turn over the telephone records of millions of Americans to the NSA.
June 6, 2013 –…
