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It also covers timing of his discovery and eventual leaking of government documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the key events in this Edward Snowden timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Edward Snowden Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Edward Snowden was born on June 21, 1983, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. <strong>Ed was part of the last generation whose childhood wasn\u2019t digitized.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Edward Snowden Timeline: <strong>Childhood and Exposure to Technology<\/strong> (Ages 6-9)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ed liked spying when he was a child. His father often had access to new technology in his work with the Coast Guard. Sometimes, he would bring technology home. One day, Lonnie brought home a Commodore 64, one of the first home computers. Ed spied on his father while he played <em>Choplifter! <\/em>In 1989, when Ed was six, his family got a Nintendo (8-bit NES).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ed and his family moved to Crofton, Maryland when Ed was nine. His father continued to work for the Coast Guard. His mother took a new job at the National Security Agency (NSA). She made retirement arrangements for spies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hacking and Addicted to the Internet<\/strong> (Ages 12-15)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When Ed was approximately 12, he decided to spend as much time as he possibly could online. The Internet became an obsession. He became paler, sedentary, and slept at school instead of at night. His grades fell again. 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Ed distanced himself from the anti-institutional views of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/edward-snowden-hacking\/\">hacker culture<\/a> and his parents\u2019 apolitical patriotism. <strong>He\u2019d never wanted to serve before, but he did now.<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Edward Snowden Timeline: <\/strong>Army and Career (2004-2013)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next in the Edward Snowden timeline is his time as an adult in the army and in his career, as he advanced through the ranks as in intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Brief Army Stint<\/strong> (2004)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ed qualified for the X-Ray program based on his performance in his entrance exams, but he had to get through basic training. During a land navigation movement drill\u2014map and compass navigation\u2014Ed fell and injured himself. Ed agreed to leave the army on an administrative separation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Technologist<\/strong> Career (<strong>2005-2009<\/strong>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The next stage in Ed&#8217;s life and on the Edward Snowden timeline is Ed&#8217;s first job. His first job as a technologist was for a company called COMSO that contracted services to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-cia-operations-technology-langley\/\">the CIA<\/a>. (Intelligence agencies rely so heavily on contracting that it\u2019s easier to work for them as a contractor than as an employee.) Ed spent the next few years working at a variety of positions for the CIA and NSA in the US, Geneva, and Tokyo.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Tokyo, Ed discovered that the US government was conducting mass surveillance programs on US citizens. <strong>Because Ed worked with computer systems, he had top secret security clearance and access to more documents than most individuals would<\/strong>, even those higher up in the agency.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Blowing the Whistle<\/strong> (<strong>2012-2013<\/strong>)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Next in the Edward Snowden timeline is the act of blowing the whistle. Ed finally decided to act after reviewing the Constitution in 2012. If Ed was caught, he\u2019d be arrested, and the NSA had plenty of security. 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