Work from home may be a term many became familiar with after the coronavirus pandemic hit several countries across the world but American whistleblower Edward Snowden had been doing so since 2013.
If there is something that dented Obama’s administration reputation, Snowden’s charges of spying may top the list.
I’ve been working from home since the Obama administration. 🤔
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 1, 2021
He was a computer intelligence consultant working with US National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 when he was a subcontractor for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) at the time Barack Obama was at the helm.
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The whistleblower leaked highly sensitive information and revelations prompted a global debate on unethical mass surveillance that the security agencies were secretly carrying out.
Following the spilling of secret information, Snowden flew to Moscow and sought asylum which he was later granted by the Russian authorities.
Since 2013, the former CIA contractor has been working from home even when it was a rarely-known term.
The tweet by Snowden is a reminder from him that he had been doing for almost a decade that others just started a couple of years ago.
After he fled the US, the justice department charged him with espionage and theft of government property.