NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has racked up more than a million Twitter followers, just 24 hours after making his debut on the micro-blogging site.

Snowden, who posted his first tweet Tuesday, had amassed 1.03 million followers by late Wednesday morning.  The former NSA contractor was following just one Twitter account - @NSAGov.

The whistleblower also exchanged tweets with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, joking about the recent discovery of flowing salty water on Mars. “And now we've got water on Mars! Do you think they check passports at the border? Asking for a friend,” he wrote.

Snowden was a recent guest on the astrophysicist’s StarTalk radio show.

“I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public,” his Twitter profile explains, noting that he is a director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

Establishing a Twitter presence looks set to maintain the high profile of the former NSA contractor, who lives in Moscow. Russia granted Snowden asylum after he leaked U.S. secrets to the media in 2013

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Over a million in 24 hours, & he is not even a Kardasian

And in that 24 hours, 1,000 guys from Fort Meed Maryland,
(military), signed on tw#tter to follow him.
* Link is on the story link *

Obvious why he got so many followers so fast. No matter who complains about "snitches," they all still want to get the "dirt."

Kind of like all the people who fuss about invasion of personal privacy, but still race to look at the latest stolen nude selfies of the famous and hot.