Edward Snowden
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Most Influential Person
American whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor
Why Is Edward Snowden Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Edward Joseph Snowden is an American and naturalized Russian former computer intelligence consultant who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013, when he was an employee and subcontractor. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes intelligence alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments and prompted a cultural discussion about national security and individual privacy.
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