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Edward Snowden

NSA Contractor / Whistleblower

Total Claims

11

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Claims by Edward Snowden

11 claims on record

NSA's PRISM program gave backdoor access to Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft servers — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

NSA's PRISM program gave backdoor access to Google, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft servers

Dismissed by — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper

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NSA's XKeyscore lets analysts search anyone's internet activity in real-time without authorization — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

NSA's XKeyscore lets analysts search anyone's internet activity in real-time without authorization

Dismissed by — NSA Officials

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NSA collected phone records of every American — courts later ruled the program illegal — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

NSA collected phone records of every American — courts later ruled the program illegal

Dismissed by — President Obama

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NSA can remotely activate phone microphones and cameras — even when the phone appears off — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

NSA can remotely activate phone microphones and cameras — even when the phone appears off

Dismissed by — Tech Industry / Government

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NSA secretly tapped the fiber-optic cables between Google and Yahoo data centers, collecting 181 million records in 30 days — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

NSA secretly tapped the fiber-optic cables between Google and Yahoo data centers, collecting 181 million records in 30 days

Dismissed by — NSA Officials

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GCHQ's Tempora program tapped undersea fiber-optic cables to buffer and search all internet traffic passing through the UK — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

GCHQ's Tempora program tapped undersea fiber-optic cables to buffer and search all internet traffic passing through the UK

Dismissed by — UK Foreign Secretary William Hague

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Five Eyes nations share surveillance data to spy on each other's citizens, circumventing domestic privacy laws — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

Five Eyes nations share surveillance data to spy on each other's citizens, circumventing domestic privacy laws

Dismissed by — Intelligence Officials

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NSA's Boundless Informant tool revealed they collected 97 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks in one month — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

NSA's Boundless Informant tool revealed they collected 97 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks in one month

Dismissed by — NSA Director Keith Alexander

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The NSA had direct access to servers of Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Yahoo, collecting 91% of internet intelligence — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

The NSA had direct access to servers of Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Yahoo, collecting 91% of internet intelligence

Dismissed by — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper

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The NSA was conducting mass surveillance on American citizens' phone and internet communications — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·8d ago

The NSA was conducting mass surveillance on American citizens' phone and internet communications

Dismissed by — White House Press Secretary

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NSA analysts could search anyone's emails, chats, and browsing history in real-time without any authorization using XKeyscore — documented evidence
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@Edward Snowden·7d ago

NSA analysts could search anyone's emails, chats, and browsing history in real-time without any authorization using XKeyscore

Dismissed by — NSA

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