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Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden applies for Russian citizenship.
2020-11-2

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rules that the global surveillance programs of the National Security Agency disclosed by former Central Intelligence Agency employee Edward Snowden in 2013 are unconstitutional, having violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
2020-09-2

The Shadow Brokers group releases files allegedly from the National Security Agency which indicate efforts to monitor financial transactions made through the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
2017-04-14

The Supreme Court of Norway rejects NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's extradition lawsuit against the Norwegian government.
2016-11-25

The U.S. House Intelligence Committee releases a summary of its two-year investigation into former NSA contractor Edward Snowden which downplays his alleged status as a whistleblower while acknowledging "tremendous damage to national security" as a result of the classified documents he stole.
2016-09-15

The "Washington Post" and "The Guardian" newspapers win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their stories on the National Security Agency based on leaks from Edward Snowden.
2014-04-14

The United States announces plans to relinquish remaining controls of the Internet following revelations of National Security Agency surveillance last year.
2014-03-14

Edward Snowden offers Brazil information over the NSA spying of its citizens.
2013-12-17

American National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is granted a one-year temporary political asylum in Russia and leaves Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.
2013-08-1

A petition about pardoning former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures.
2013-06-22