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Edward Snowden takes a work leave from his technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. After giving his a girlfriend a vague explanation for his trip, Snowden flies to Hong Kong
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The Guardian publishes a story obtained from Snowden about the FISA court document demanding Verizon Wirless (US celluar providor) to hand over its customers phone records.
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Slides about an Government surveillance program named PRISM was leaked. PRISM allows the NSA and FBI to tap into the central servers of leading US companies and extract information.
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In a taped interview with The Guardian, Edward Snowden revels he is hiding out in Hong Kng. Also, he explains that he leaked information on the NSA's "horrifying" surveillance programs because he doesn't "want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded."
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Edward Snowden's girlfriend was revealed as Lindsay Mills, a 28 year old former ballet dancer.
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In an exclusive interview with Hong Kong based English newspaper South China Morning Post, Snowden claims that US spies targeted both Hong Kong and China networks.
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Several hundred Hong Kong protestors marched to the US consulate and handed a letter to the Consel General criticzing the NSA surveillances. Also, they demanded the Hong Kong government not extradite Snowden back to the US to face trial for espionage.
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former US vice President Dick Cheney accuses Snowden as a "traitor" and hints that due to Snowden's decision to travel to Hong Kong (close proximity to China), he could be a Chinese spy.
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In an online chat with The Guardian, Snowden rejected allegations made by Dick Cheney that he is a Chinese spy.
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Lon Snowden, father of Edward Snowden, conducts an interview with Fox News pleaing that his son stop leaking top-secret government information
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Representatives of Snowden have been in contact with Julian Assange about helping Snowden being granted asylumn in Iceland.
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The United States Government has filled espionage charges against Snowden for theft of government property, unauthorised communication of national defence information and wilful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorised person. They have also asked the Hong Kong government to detain Snowden for extradition back to the US
