The Guardian – The Snowden Trail

One: June 21, 1983

Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA

Edward Joseph Snowden is born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to Lonnie, a coast guard officer, and Elizabeth, known as Wendy, who later becomes a deputy chief clerk at the US District Court in Baltimore.

The Timeline:

One: June 21, 1983

Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA

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