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When it comes to cyber conflicts between, say, America and China or even a Middle Eastern nation, an African nation, a Latin American nation, a European nation, we have more to lose.

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