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These activities can be misconstrued, misinterpreted, and used to harm you as an individual even without the government having any intent to do you wrong.

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Edward Snowden
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 21
Computer Scientist
Dissident
Intelligence Analyst
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Whistleblower
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Edward Joseph Snowden
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