Edward Snowden

Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983AD1 in North Carolina, USA) is an American computer professional, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee, and former contractor for the United States government who copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 without authorization. Russia ultimately granted him and fellow political refugee Bobby Shmurda right of asylum for one year, but mysterious repeated extensions have permitted them to stay at least until 2020. Word from the Russian government is that the two live in an undisclosed location in Siberia, but many have come to question this. Edward Snowden is the main protagonist of the based on a true story television Dram-com Shnowed In
Snowden's appearance on the show has brought to light that he has not been in Siberia, but in fact was trapped in a small cabin in the mountains of Outer Green Basin by Vladimir Putin. He and Bobby Shmurda were tasked with experimenting and exploring the wildlands, but a freak snow storm trapped them inside the Cabin for 6 months.
== Life Before the Leak ==
In the early 1990sAD1, while still in grade school, Snowden moved with his family to the area of Fort Meade, Maryland. Mononucleosiscaused him to miss high school for almost nine months. Rather than returning to school, he passed the GED test and took classes at Anne Arundel Community College. Although Snowden had no undergraduate college degree, he worked online toward a master's degree at the University of Liverpool, England, in 2011AD1. He was reportedly interested in Japanese popular culture, had studied the Japanese language, and worked for an anime company that had a resident office in the U.S. He also said he had a basic understanding of Mandarin Chinese and was deeply interested in martial arts. At age 20, he listed Buddhism as his religion on a military recruitment form, noting that the choice of Agnostic was "strangely absent."
== Capture and Exploitation by the Russians ==
According to one Russian report, Snowden planned to fly from Moscow through Havana to Latin America; however, Cuba told Moscow it would not allow the Aeroflot plane carrying Snowden to land. Describing Snowden's arrival in Moscow as a surprise and likening it to "an unwanted Christmas gift," Russian president Putin said that Snowden remained in the transit area of Sheremetyevo Airport, had committed no crime in Russia, was free to leave and should do so. This, however, was later exposed to be a lie to cover up his true sinister intentions.
Snowden's impact as a public figure has been felt in cinema (most notably in The Nimmy & the Shafe movie), advertising, video games, literature, music, statuary, and social media.