In May, Edward Snowden released thousands of classified documents to journalists, detailing the largest digital surveillance operation the world has ever known – and in so doing, became arguably the most controversial international figure of 2013. Snowden, a former American contractor for the US National Security Agency, has so far released over 200,000 documents showing the mass surveillance techniques employed by the NSA and their partners – both willing and unwilling – throughout government and private circles. The spy agency’s […]