., Edward Snowden).  With the exception of Chelsea Manning, who received 35 years, those convicted for being national-security threats received moderate federal penitentiary time.  ..…

In 2013, former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the US government was gathering the telephone call records of Verizon customers in the US in bulk.[29] Records of whom an individual has called, when, and for how long can reveal many aspects of private..…

Yet, today the national security state conducts surveillance of billions of people, intercepting their emails, telephone calls, and correspondence, all without judicial approval.42 When Edward Snowden revealed this illegal activity, government officials were quick to denounce him as a..…

Edward Snowden proved that. There’s no witness protection program,” Davis said. ..…

Some, such as the cases of Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning and Edward Snowden, involved major leaks. ..…

Concern over government restrictions on civil liberties has fallen dramatically since July 2013, following Edward Snowden’s leaked details about NSA surveillance programs. ..…

By former contractor, The phone record collection program, by British The Guardian based on documents leaked Edward Snowden, collects so-called metadata about phone calls made — the time, location, duration and numbers associated with every call. ..…

Risen’s work does not rely on a once-in-a-lifetime mega-source like Edward Snowden. ..…

See Barton Gellman, Edward Snowden, Says His Mission's Accomplished, The Washington Post, December 23, 2013. ↩... ..…

defender of NSA Edward Snowden, Rowley was part of delegation that met with Snowden Moscow last fall to present him with Sam Adams Award for Integrity Intelligence.. ..…

However, a large majority (68%) says that the NSA’s surveillance program has made the country safer from terrorism, and roughly as many (69%) say that Edward Snowden’s leak of classified information about the program has harmed the public interest. . ... Perhaps not surprisingly,..…

That story intersected with the work of two government critics — Barrett Brown and Edward Snowden.. ..…

L to R Coleen Rowley, Tom Drake, Jesselyn Radack, Edward Snowden, Sarah Harrison, Ray McGovern.. ..…

He commented: “The things he [Assange] exposed and, more specifically and definitely, that Edward Snowden exposed, are things that governments wanted hidden—things so-called democratic governments were doing to their own people. ... In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked US..…