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When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

Edward Snowden

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Edward Snowden
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 21
Computer Scientist
Dissident
Intelligence Analyst
Intelligence Officer
Security Guard
System Administrator
Whistleblower
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Edward Joseph Snowden
Ed Snowden
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If a single Russian source would come forward, he would be in hot water. And in the United States, what I did appearing at that [Vladimir] Putin press conference was not worth the price.
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In the end, the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.
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Extremists are not going to disappear.
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I'm still working for the government.
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Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.
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I would rather be without a state than without a voice.
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I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose.
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