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Edward Snowden

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The Resume

    (June 21, 1983- )
    Born in Wilmington, North Carolina
    Worked for the C.I.A. - Central Intelligence Agency and the N.S.A. - National Security Agency
    Whistleblower who exposed information on top secret NSA programs (including the PRISM surveillance program) to 'The Guardian' newspaper (June 2013)
    Charged with espionage (June 21, 2013)
    Granted temporary asylum by Russia after a 39 day stay at the Moscow airport (August 1, 2013)

Why he might be annoying:

    He became the subject of a criminal investigation and drew condemnation from many government officials.
    His actions 'earned' him the support of Michael Moore and Glenn Beck.
    After fleeing to Hong Kong, many worried he'd seek asylum in China in exchange for trading intelligence secrets.
    News sources were careful with details he shared about his life and actions, as many things he claimed could not be immediately verified.
    He labeled U.S. intelligence efforts as 'aggressively criminal.'
    He drew comparisons to WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.
    He claimed he could access the private e-mail account of any U.S. citizen, a claim former NSA directors said was not true.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He claimed he blew the whistle because he did not 'want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded.'
    A former N.S.A. employee admitted that over-collecting of call data and internet activity of American citizens was inevitable.
    He said he spent four months with the U.S. Army Reserves (though, there's no record of him completing any training).
    He was honored to be called a 'traitor' by Dick Cheney.
    He criticized Barack Obama for not living up to his campaign promise of ending the 'abuse of power' culture.

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