article_snippet.sent: Animal New York, a city news website that first reported the incident, said the mysterious perpetrators were a trio of guerrilla artists — admirers of the former government contractor who had leaked thousands of pages of classified information from the National Security Agency detailing a massive domestic spying program to the media.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden's artistic appearance was short-lived.
article_snippet.sent: It would be a dishonor to those memorialized here to not laud those who protect the ideals those memorialized here fought for, as Edward Snowden has by bringing the NSA's 4th-Amendment-violating surveillance programs to light.
article_snippet.sent: Following Edward Snowden's well-documented defection to Russia in 2013, the 31-year-old whistle-blower has emerged as a highly polarizing figure in the national debate, with the Obama administration and right-wing politicians labeling Edward Snowden a traitor, and those on the left praising Edward Snowden for exposing broad civil rights violations by the intelligence community.
article_snippet.sent: were criminals one day,’ the creators of the Snowden bust told Mashable.
article_snippet.sent: We’re wondering if on the long arc of time Snowden will be considered a hero, too.
article_snippet.sent: Towering figure: Snowden has emerged as a highly polarizing figure in the aftermath of Snowden defection to Russia in 2013 .
article_snippet.sent: The guerrilla artists apparently knew going in that The guerrilla artists bold tribute to Snowden was not long for this world.
article_snippet.sent: I do miss my country,’ Edward Snowden told John Oliver's.