Sarah Harrison

Sarah Harrison is a British former WikiLeaks section editor. She worked with the WikiLeaks' legal defence and has been described as Julian Assange's closest adviser. Harrison accompanied National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden on a high-profile flight from Hong Kong to Moscow while he was sought by the United States government. Early life Sarah Harrison grew up with two younger sisters and attended a private school in Kent. Her father, Ian Harrison, was an executive in the retail industry and her mother was a specialist in treating reading disabilities. Harrison studied English at Queen Mary, University of London. In 2008, she took an internship at the nonprofit Centre for Investigative Journalism. In late 2009, she met Gavin MacFadyen while applying for an unpaid internship, who recommended her to WikiLeaks the next year. In 2010, she received a junior research position at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in 2010. WikiLeaks