In many Americans eyes Edward Snowden can be seen as much as a traitor than a hero. Thirty year old Edward Snowden a former National Security Association contractor revealed the works of illegal government programs. The documents revealed detailed secret NSA programs and capabilities that have been and continued to be used to collect and store personal communications both within the United States and abroad. Snowden traveled from his homeland of Hawaii to Honk Kong to leak the documents to journalist Glenn Greenwald. While Snowden may have caused some damage within the NSA from leaking governments secrets, he should not be prosecuted. He informed American citizens of its government illegal actions. Snowden’s motives were only for the greater
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The quote reveals Snowden’s true motives to reveal to Americans what’s really going on with our National Security behind closed doors. The NSA collects vital information about Americans every day without consent let alone them being aware. The leaks essentially were a political awakening for the American people opening their eyes to see the bigger picture of our so called democracy society. In a sense Snowden did break a few laws but only for the right reasons. His motivations affected the public in both positive and negative ways; in regards on citizens perspective was from his leaks. Snowden motivations were clearly to look out for the public interest. He leaked out vital information in which he felt needed to be exposed to the people …show more content…
For this reason Snowden expresses his attitudes towards society, “I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things, I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.” Snowden conveys his perspective on how he feels about the whole situation. The United States founding fathers drafted the constitution with discretion in protecting the American people from the government spying on them with the Fourth Amendment; and yet the NSA is regulating illegal protocols behind citizen’s backs to do so untrustworthily. Snowden states the government without obtaining any court warrants has been routinely collecting the phone logs of millions of Americans, who have not single connection to any terrorism whatsoever. In the same mindset, scholarly individuals like argue,“Snowden did what he did because he recognized the NSA’s surveillance programs for what they are dangerous, unconstitutional activity. This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to
The quote reveals Snowden’s true motives to reveal to Americans what’s really going on with our National Security behind closed doors. The NSA collects vital information about Americans every day without consent let alone them being aware. The leaks essentially were a political awakening for the American people opening their eyes to see the bigger picture of our so called democracy society. In a sense Snowden did break a few laws but only for the right reasons. His motivations affected the public in both positive and negative ways; in regards on citizens perspective was from his leaks. Snowden motivations were clearly to look out for the public interest. He leaked out vital information in which he felt needed to be exposed to the people …show more content…
For this reason Snowden expresses his attitudes towards society, “I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things, I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.” Snowden conveys his perspective on how he feels about the whole situation. The United States founding fathers drafted the constitution with discretion in protecting the American people from the government spying on them with the Fourth Amendment; and yet the NSA is regulating illegal protocols behind citizen’s backs to do so untrustworthily. Snowden states the government without obtaining any court warrants has been routinely collecting the phone logs of millions of Americans, who have not single connection to any terrorism whatsoever. In the same mindset, scholarly individuals like argue,“Snowden did what he did because he recognized the NSA’s surveillance programs for what they are dangerous, unconstitutional activity. This wholesale invasion of Americans’ and foreign citizens’ privacy does not contribute to our security; it puts in danger the very liberties we’re trying to