Edward Joseph Snowden (* 21. Juni 1983 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina) ist ein US-amerikanischer Whistleblower. Er ist ehemaliger technischer Mitarbeiter der amerikanischen Geheimdienste CIA und NSA. Bis Mai 2013 arbeitete er als IT-Techniker für die dem amerikanischen Geheimdienst NSA nahestehende Beratungsfirma Booz Allen Hamilton. Im Rahmen dieser Tätigkeit hatte er Zugang zu Informationen über die streng geheimen Programme zur Totalüberwachung der weltweiten Internetkommunikation, PRISM und Boundless Informant. Snowden übergab diese Informationen an den Guardian-Journalisten Glenn Greenwald, der sie im Juni 2013 veröffentlichte. Durch ein am 9. Juni 2013 veröffentlichtes Video-Interview mit dem Guardian-Journalisten Ewen MacAskill wurde Snowden der Weltöffentlichkeit bekannt.

Thank NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

Thank NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

Explaining his actions, the 29-year-old computer expert said: “I can’t in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they’re secretly building."

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We thank Edward Snowden for his principled and courageous actions as a whistleblower, informing the public about vast surveillance by the National Security Agency that undermines our civil liberties.

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OWS – Free Bradley Manning

Photo taken by Justin Bianchi on Jan 1, 2012 at the Occupy Chicago - Occupy the Southside "rally to end police terror in communities of Color" at the 95th street redline train station terminal, 200 w. 95th street.
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A Media Intervention for Wikileaks San Francisco part of Jan 15 global day of action 40

"Since its release of about 2000 diplomatic cables (as of January 7th, 2011), Wikileaks has been subject to extraordinary pressures, seemingly at the behest of the US government. Amazon and EveryDNS have denied Wikileaks internet service and Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and Bank of America have been prevented supporters from donating money to Wikileaks. This is despite the fact that Wikileaks has not even been charged with a crime. Unfortunately, the situation has gotten even worse. The press has been spreading lies about Wikileaks. Mainstream media outlets do not appear to be doing even the most rudimentary fact-checking. The most blatant of these lies is the idea that Wikileaks has “indiscriminately dumped 250,000 cables on the internet”. This is flat-out false. A few news organizations, including NPR and InformationWeek, have corrected this mistake, and NPR has even offered an apology. By contrast, most news organizations ranging from the AP to the Wall Street Journal continue to print this falsehood. We call upon all news organizations to correct previous articles and statements, to issue apologies to their readers, and to take steps to prevent this mistake from occurring in any future articles and shows. We will be protesting outside the TransAmerica pyramid, across from a San Francisco office of the New York Times, on Saturday, January 15th, at 4pm. On that day, we will be joining in protesting against the repression of Wikileaks with many others around the world, including Washington, DC, and several cities in Canada and Australia. To counter the New York Times’s censorship of reality, we plan to publish the released cables on the walls of their building. In addition, participants will be provided cable printouts and markers and encouraged to throw down their artistic abilities by adding a graphic representation of their favorite cable to the Cablegate Coloring Book.