The newspaper also released news of the secret collection of Verizon telephone records held by US President Barack Obama 's administration in June 2013 .
The newspaper also subsequently revealed the existence of the PRISM surveillance program after it was leaked to the paper by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden .
The newspaper also released news of the secret collection of Verizon telephone records held by US President Barack Obama 's administration in June 2013 , and subsequently revealed the existence of the PRISM surveillance program after it was leaked to the paper by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden .