斯诺登2004年应征入伍、后被派遣到伊拉克战场,因不幸在训练时双腿受伤,斯诺登退役回国后应聘加入中情局。之后,他又进入国安局工作,并意外发现政府在“9·11”事件后对公民电话和社交网络实施大规模监控计划,于是泄露了大量机密文件。事发后,斯诺登遭当局通缉,便逃到香港。此后,他几经辗转逃至俄罗斯寻求庇护。SNOWDEN stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and is written and directed by Oliver Stone. The script is based on the books The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena.