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William Edward Binney
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former U.S. intelligence official and cryptoanalyst; whistleblower
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- Born
- 1812
- Died
- 1881
- Works
- 1
Top works
- On the structure of certain limestone nodules enclosed in seams of bituminous coal
- Observations on the structure of fossil plants found in the carboniferous strata
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Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, USA
William Edward Binney is a former intelligence official with the United States National Security Agency (NSA) and whistleblower. He retired on October 31, 2001, after more than 30 years with the agency. He was a critic of his former employers during the George W. Bush administration, and later criticized the NSA's data-collection policies during the Barack Obama administration. He dissented from…
Known for
- A Good American — Self2015
- Citizenfour — Self2014
- 984: Prisoner of the Future — Baxter1982
- Virus — White House Aide Simmons1980
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pennsylvania
- Occupation
- cryptographer
- Educated at
- Pennsylvania State University
- Employer
- National Security Agency
- Award
- Sam Adams Award
- Image
- William Binney at CoPS2013 9336.jpg
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- William Binney
- date of birth
- 1944-00-00
- name in native language
- William Edward Binney
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