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Also Known As Edward Joseph Snowden
Born June 21, 1983 (age 41) • Elizabeth City • North Carolina
Notable Works “Permanent Record”
Subjects Of Study PRISM

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William Colby, 1975
William Colby
United States government official
William H. Webster
United States government official
John Brennan
John Brennan
American intelligence officer
John M. Deutch
American government official
Porter Goss
American politician
E. Howard Hunt
E. Howard Hunt
United States government official
Allen W. Dulles.
Allen W. Dulles
United States statesman
William J. Casey
United States government official
Ames, Aldrich
Aldrich Ames
American spy
George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
president of United States
Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning
United States Army intelligence analyst
Gen. David Petraeus.
David Petraeus
United States commander in chief of Central Command
Aaron Bank
United States Army officer
Belle Boyd.
Belle Boyd
Confederate spy
Panetta, Leon
Leon Panetta
American politician
Bob Barr
Bob Barr
American politician and attorney
Francis Gary Powers
Francis Gary Powers
United States military officer
Sir Francis Walsingham, detail of a panel painting attributed to John de Critz the Elder, last quarter of the 16th century; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir Francis Walsingham
English statesman
John Cairncross
British civil servant and spy
Anthony Blunt
British art historian and spy