# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-edward-binney
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:44:15.805Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-edward-binney"
name: "William Edward Binney"
slug: "william-edward-binney"
description: "William \"Bill\" Edward Binney is a former intelligence official with the United States National Security Agency (NSA) and whistleblower. He retired on October 31, 2001, after more than 30 years with the agency, where he served as Technical Director for intelligence."
tagline: "Former U.S. intelligence official and cryptoanalyst; whistleblower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Binney_at_CoPS2013_9336.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1943-09-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.06313131313131314
  historical:           8.790717333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5015568/"
    handle:    "nm5015568"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "William Binney"
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    title: "William Binney"
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    title: "William Binney"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney_(intelligence_official)"
    title: "William Binney (intelligence official)"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney"
    title: "William Binney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویلیام بینی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney"
    title: "William Binney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney"
    title: "William Binney"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Бинни, Уильям"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump