It has been revealed that one Edward Snowden, a former technical assistant for the CIA, is the source of the leaked documents detailing the National Security Agency’s massive surveillance initiative that involves major tech companies like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, are Microsoft (although they deny involvement).

Edward Snowden – he’s your whistleblower.

@EdwardSnowden on Twitter – he’s not your whistleblower.

In fact, he’s just an estate agent, horse racing enthusiast, and lover of family, friends, and football.

The Twitter confusion has been interesting to watch:

@brianmfloyd no idea what anyone is going on about! Sounds interesting though.

— Edward Snowden (@EdwardSnowden) June 9, 2013

@elilanger ha – that’s my holidays to the USA ruined!

— Edward Snowden (@EdwardSnowden) June 9, 2013

@lukereuters Estate Agents are probably equally disliked ha!

— Edward Snowden (@EdwardSnowden) June 9, 2013

@justicewillett well observed! Still been a busy evening though.

— Edward Snowden (@EdwardSnowden) June 9, 2013

The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, the man responsible for bringing the leaks to our attention and profiling the whistleblower, has tweeted about the Twitter mix-up:

Any Twitter or Facebook accounts purporting to be Edward Snowden are fake.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 9, 2013

Twitter’s Edward Snowden seems to be taking it in stride, which is good:

The debate is whether to work today or respond to all the tweets! I know nothing about NSA or whistle blowing so will stick to selling homes

— Edward Snowden (@EdwardSnowden) June 10, 2013

What’s the chances of me getting a green card at the moment?

— Edward Snowden (@EdwardSnowden) June 10, 2013

Sure, it’s all funny to you I’m sure. Just wait until you’re the subject of a Twitter mistaken identity.

Here’s the real whistleblower: