Snowden Documents

Snowden took multiple documents from the NSA through his job as an analyst. Snowden not only reviewed these documents, but he put them in a logical order and created a glossary for those who would be reading them. Snowden then showed them to a documentarian and a reporter for help in releasing them to the American people.

Thumb Drive

As they board a plane for Hong Kong, Laura Poitras gives Greenwald a thumb drive on which she has all of the documents Snowden took from the NSA.

Snowden Video

Poitras videotaped the first interview between Glenn Greenwald and Snowden. This video was later edited and released to the public to reveal Snowden’s identity in order to help support the claims behind the NSA documents.

The Guardian

The Guardian is a London based newspaper for whom Greenwald worked as a columnist. The Guardian was the publication...