- Edward Snowden worked for the National Security Agency through subcontractor in NSA's Oahu office.
- After only three months, Snowden began collection top secreted documents regarding NSA domestic surveillance practices, which he found disturbing.
- After Snowden fled to Hong Kong, China, newspapers began printing the documents that he had leaked to them.
- He is best known for revealing details of classified United States government surveillance programs.
- He has been charged of " theft of government property , unauthorized communication of national defense information , and willful communication of classified intelligence to be an unauthorized person.
"I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things... I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under."
