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Snowden leaks--most important leak of classified intelligence ever
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Government
Place
United States
Date
2013
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"American Edward Snowden discloses operations engaged in by a U.S. government mass surveillance program to news publications and flees the country, later being granted temporary asylum in Russia." [Wikipedia]
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