NSA Revelations: A Complete Timeline And Analysis

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, is seen in this still image taken from video during an interview by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/Courtesy of The Guardian/Handout via Reuters

NSA Revelations: A Timeline Of What's Come Out Since Snowden Leaks Began -- Christian Science Monitor

Since Edward Snowden's first published leak about National Security Agency surveillance techniques appeared in The Guardian on June 5, new revelations have been steadily trickling out. Here's a look at what we've learned since June, broken down by eight key dates.

June 5-8, 2013

On June 5, Glenn Greenwald publishes an article in the Guardian revealing that the National Security Agency has been collecting the telephone records of millions of US Verizon customers in bulk.

The next day, The Washington Post publishes the details of an Internet surveillance program called PRISM, which shows the NSA obtained direct access to the systems of nine Internet companies, including Google, Facebook, and Apple.

Then on June 8, information about “Boundless Informant,” an NSA tool that helps the organization collect and arrange data according to where it was collected, and how.

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