# Greenwald publishes first Snowden NSA revelation

Date: 2013

On 5 June 2013 The Guardian published [Glenn Greenwald](/people/glenn-greenwald)'s report that the NSA was collecting Verizon customers' phone records under a secret court order, the first story based on documents leaked by [Edward Snowden](/people/edward-snowden).

## People

- Glenn Greenwald: https://factrail.ai/people/glenn-greenwald

## Sources

- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/greenwald-publishes-snowden-nsa-story-2013-06-05