Edward Joseph Snowden is an American-born and naturalized Russian former computer intelligence consultant who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 when he was an employee and subcontractor.
His illegal disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many runs by the NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments, and prompted a cultural discussion about national security and individual privacy.
In early 2016, Snowden became the president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a San Francisco–based nonprofit organization that aims to protect journalists from hacking and government surveillance. He also has a job at an unnamed Russian IT company.
In 2017, he married Lindsay Mills. On September 17, 2019, his memoir Permanent Record was published. On September 2, 2020, a U.S. federal court ruled in United States v. Moalin that the U.S. intelligence’s mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal and possibly unconstitutional.
Edward Snowden Children: Does Edward Snowden Have Kids?
Edward Snowden has become a father, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told Interfax.
Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden and his wife Lindsay Mills announced the birth of their first child on social media, a baby boy. “The greatest gift is the love we share” tweeted Snowden, posting a photo of the couple kissing while holding the newborn.
The couple posted photos on Instagram and Twitter on Christmas day and decided to hide their child’s face with an emoji. In another photo taken shortly before their child was born, Snowden can be seen hugging his wife showing a baby bump.
“As we expected, his family is growing. Edward and [his wife] Lindsay [Mills] had a baby boy. The mother and the child are in excellent health,” Kucherena told Interfax. The birth announcement comes just two months after Snowden, 37, was granted permanent residence in Russia.
Snowden had decided to keep his U.S. passport and simultaneously become a citizen of Russia. “After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our son. That’s why, in this era of pandemics and closed borders, we’re applying for dual US-Russian citizenship,” said Snowden on Twitter.