Edward Snowden
American whistleblower and former NSA contractor
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| 2024 | Criticized the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for interfering in the 2016 primary, suggesting this led to Donald Trump's election and impacted the Supreme Court's composition. |
| 2022 | Edward Snowden and Lindsay Mills had their second son, born sometime before September. |
| April 2021 | Snowden appeared at a Canadian investment conference, where he affirmed his role as a whistleblower and informed viewers about the background of the conference's sponsor. |
| March 2021 | Iowa State University paid Snowden $35,000 for a speaking engagement, marking his first speech at a public U.S. college since February 2017. |
| December 2020 | Edward Snowden and Lindsay Mills welcomed their first son. |
| September 2 2020 | A US federal court ruled that the mass surveillance program exposed by Edward Snowden was illegal and potentially unconstitutional, stating that US intelligence leaders who defended the program were not truthful. |
| 2019 | Publicly endorsed Bernie Sanders, calling him 'the most fundamentally decent man in politics'. |
| 2019 | Snowden appears as a character named 'Znowden' in the Lupin III anime TV special 'Goodbye Partner', which he personally appreciated, comparing the appearance to a lifetime achievement award. |
| 2019 | Snowden submitted a second request for asylum in France, which was favorably received by Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet under President Emmanuel Macron. |
| September 2019 | Edward Snowden revealed in an interview with The Guardian that he married Lindsay Mills in a courthouse in Moscow. |
| September 16 2019 | It was reported that Edward Snowden stated he 'would love' to get political asylum in France. |
| 2018 | Snowden appears briefly as a character in the comedy-thriller 'The Spy Who Dumped Me', portrayed by British actor Tom Stourton. |
| November 2 2018 | Edward Snowden provided a court declaration in the case Jewel v. National Security Agency, confirming that a document related to the mass surveillance program Stellar Wind was the same document he discovered while working as an NSA contractor. |
| October 4 2018 | The documentary 'Edward Snowden: Whistleblower or Spy' was released at the Fraud Film Festival and shown during Cyber Security week in the Netherlands. |
| June 2018 | Documentary 'Edward Snowden: Whistleblower or Spy' was released on Norwegian, Danish, and Dutch Television, marking the anniversary of Snowden's revelations. |
| 2017 | Australian Metalcore band Northlane released the song 'Citizen' from the album 'Mesmer', with lyrics referencing whistleblowers and directly mentioning Snowden with the lyric 'Thank you Mr. Snow'. |
| 2016 | Rock band Thrice released the song 'Whistleblower' from the album 'To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere', written from Snowden's perspective. |
| 2016 | Edward Snowden's voice was featured on the song 'Exit' on the album 'Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise' by French electronic music artist Jean-Michel Jarre. |
| 2016 | Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged on The Axe Files podcast that Snowden performed a public service by raising essential debates, despite labeling his actions as inappropriate and illegal. |
| 2016 | In the film 'Jason Bourne,' there was a reference to a data leak described as 'worse than Snowden,' highlighting his legacy in popular culture. |
| 2016 | The documentary 'Citizenfour,' directed by Laura Poitras and featuring Edward Snowden, won Best Documentary Feature at the 87th Academy Awards. |
| 2016 | The film 'Snowden,' directed by Oliver Stone and based on Snowden's leaking of classified US government material, was released and grossed a total of $37,357,216 at the box office worldwide. |
| September 2016 | Oliver Stone stated that Edward Snowden should be pardoned and suggested he should run the NSA during the lead-up to the release of the biographical thriller film 'Snowden,' which features a brief appearance by Snowden. |
| September 2016 | The bipartisan U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence completed a review of the Snowden disclosures, reporting that the federal government would incur millions in costs due to the fallout from Snowden's actions. |
| July 21 2016 | Snowden collaborated with hardware hacker Bunnie Huang at MIT Media Lab's Forbidden Research event to publish research on a smartphone case designed to monitor phone signals. |
| March 19 2016 | Snowden delivered the opening keynote address at the LibrePlanet conference, marking his first teleconference using a full free software stack. |
| 2015 | Snowden documentary 'Snowden's Great Escape' was released, co-produced by Norddeutscher Rundfunk and DR TV. Filmed in Moscow, it included two new interviews with Snowden and won first prize in documentaries by Deutsche Fernsehakademie. |
| 2015 | Citizenfour won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. |
| 2015 | The European Parliament invited Edward Snowden to provide a pre-recorded video appearance to assist in their investigation into the NSA. In his written testimony, Snowden stated that he was seeking asylum in the EU but was informed by European Parliamentarians that the U.S. would not allow such an offer. |
| 2015 | Senator Bernie Sanders remarked that Snowden played a significant role in educating the American public, suggesting that this education should be considered in any potential punishment for his actions. |
| November 10 2015 | Snowden appeared via remote video link at the Newseum for PEN American Center's event focused on whistleblowers and national security. |
| October 2015 | In October 2015, the United Nations special rapporteur David Kaye published an official report criticizing the U.S. government's treatment of whistleblowers, including Edward Snowden, highlighting the significant impact of Snowden's revelations on law, policy, and politics. |
| September 29 2015 | Edward Snowden opened a Twitter account, which rapidly gained over a million followers within 24 hours. In a notable gesture, he followed only the NSA account. His first tweet garnered significant engagement with 121,728 retweets and 117,750 favorites. |
| June 2 2015 | The U.S. Senate passed the USA Freedom Act, which was signed by President Obama. This act restored several provisions of the Patriot Act that had expired, while also imposing limitations on the bulk collection of telecommunication data on U.S. citizens. These new restrictions were largely viewed as a response to Edward Snowden's revelations regarding government surveillance. |
| May 2015 | The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in ACLU v. Clapper that Section 215 of the Patriot Act did not authorize the NSA to collect Americans' calling records in bulk, countering an earlier ruling that found the program lawful. |
| May 1 2015 | An art installation by Italian artist Davide Dormino titled 'Anything to Say?' was placed in Berlin's Alexanderplatz, featuring bronze sculptures of Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning standing on chairs, with a fourth empty chair for public speaking. |
| April 2015 | John Oliver interviewed Edward Snowden in Moscow for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. |
| April 6 2015 | Activists briefly installed a bust of Snowden on the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn. City officials removed the statue, which was later replaced by a holographic image. The original statue was returned to its artists. |
| March 2015 | While speaking at the FIFDH, Snowden made a public appeal for Switzerland to grant him asylum, expressing a desire to return to Geneva. |
| February 2015 | Snowden declared in a Reddit AMA that he had no commercial interest in the Citizenfour documentary. |
| February 9 2015 | Electronic pop producer Big Data released the song 'Snowed In' featuring Rivers Cuomo, with lyrics inspired by Edward Snowden from the perspective of the NSA. |
| February 2 2015 | Snowden made a keynote appearance via video link at the World Affairs Conference in Toronto, alongside journalist Glenn Greenwald. |
| 2014 | PCJF expanded their support campaign by sponsoring partial advertisements on five additional buses, following international crowdfunding support for Snowden. |
| 2014 | Oliver Stone acquired the rights to 'Time of the Octopus', a novel about Snowden's life written by his Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, with plans to use this and Luke Harding's 'The Snowden Files' for a screenplay. |
| 2014 | House Intelligence Committee chairman Mike Rogers and ranking member Dutch Ruppersberger reported that a classified Pentagon document claimed Snowden's leaks put U.S. troops at risk and altered terrorist tactics. |
| 2014 | Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Snowden for fleeing to China and then Russia, questioning his commitment to privacy and liberty. |
| 2014 | The US trade representatives voiced their opposition to the Schengen Cloud proposal, which aimed to create a system that would allow Germany and France to control their own networks, limiting their reliance on the United States. |
| 2014 | Deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter labeled Snowden's actions as a 'cyber Pearl Harbor,' criticizing U.S. security officials for allowing him extensive access. |
| 2014 | Former Vice President Al Gore acknowledged Snowden's law violations but highlighted the importance of the constitutional violations he exposed. |
| 2014 | Former President Jimmy Carter expressed that he would 'certainly consider' granting Snowden a pardon if convicted. |
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