Edward Snowden
Thesis: Edward Snowden releasing government files was a good thing, for some.
Edward Snowden was part of a series of leaks of government intelligence files that were linked to multiple different countries, countries that include Australia, England, and the U.S. Snowden first released the leaks in May 2013, Snowden had initially released them to the British Newspaper, The Guardian. One of the larger secrets that Snowden released was an order for Verizon which forced them to turn over metadata, phone numbers, and call lengths for millions of their users to the government. Snowden also disclosed PRISM, PRISM is a program which allows the NSA, C.I.A., and GCH direct access into major internet websites including, Google, Facebook, …show more content…
citizens. He also explained how he thought that the privacy of citizens is a right that is inalienable, he also explained how he thought that undercover surveillance is destroying the 20th century. In an email he said “The NSA is not the Stasi.” referencing a security service in East Germany. In another email Snowden said “We should always remember that the danger to societies from security services is not that they will spontaneously decide to embrace mustache twirling and jackboots to bear us bodily into dark places, but that the slowly shifting foundation of policy will make it such that mustaches and jackboots are discovered to prove an operational advantage toward a necessary …show more content…
Courts, Congress, and The Executive Branch. Snowden also said that The President could use public knowledge to both change the NSA and force them to use their unimaginable power to develop new technical standards that enforce security forcing that we are not surveying citizens but other governments aren’t either. Technologists, like Snowden, are working hard to invent new ways to protect citizens. “There is a technical solution to every problem.” is one thing Snowden said about the new attempts at protection. Before Snowden released the leaks, U.S. citizens had been misled and kept in the dark about actions being made by the government. The 2001 Patriot Act allowed the government to collect phone records for Americans, which led to a trial, where a Grand Jury found multiple secret warrants over phone data. NSA Director Alexander said at a speech in 2012, “We don’t hold data on U.S. citizens.” Later National Intelligence Director James Clapper claimed that the NSA didn’t “collect” any data on U.S. citizens at an open session with Congress. After Snowden released the documents, Clapper stated, “When someone says ‘collection’ to me, that has a specific meaning, which may have a different meaning to him.” That statement being regarded towards
Thesis: Edward Snowden releasing government files was a good thing, for some.
Edward Snowden was part of a series of leaks of government intelligence files that were linked to multiple different countries, countries that include Australia, England, and the U.S. Snowden first released the leaks in May 2013, Snowden had initially released them to the British Newspaper, The Guardian. One of the larger secrets that Snowden released was an order for Verizon which forced them to turn over metadata, phone numbers, and call lengths for millions of their users to the government. Snowden also disclosed PRISM, PRISM is a program which allows the NSA, C.I.A., and GCH direct access into major internet websites including, Google, Facebook, …show more content…
citizens. He also explained how he thought that the privacy of citizens is a right that is inalienable, he also explained how he thought that undercover surveillance is destroying the 20th century. In an email he said “The NSA is not the Stasi.” referencing a security service in East Germany. In another email Snowden said “We should always remember that the danger to societies from security services is not that they will spontaneously decide to embrace mustache twirling and jackboots to bear us bodily into dark places, but that the slowly shifting foundation of policy will make it such that mustaches and jackboots are discovered to prove an operational advantage toward a necessary …show more content…
Courts, Congress, and The Executive Branch. Snowden also said that The President could use public knowledge to both change the NSA and force them to use their unimaginable power to develop new technical standards that enforce security forcing that we are not surveying citizens but other governments aren’t either. Technologists, like Snowden, are working hard to invent new ways to protect citizens. “There is a technical solution to every problem.” is one thing Snowden said about the new attempts at protection. Before Snowden released the leaks, U.S. citizens had been misled and kept in the dark about actions being made by the government. The 2001 Patriot Act allowed the government to collect phone records for Americans, which led to a trial, where a Grand Jury found multiple secret warrants over phone data. NSA Director Alexander said at a speech in 2012, “We don’t hold data on U.S. citizens.” Later National Intelligence Director James Clapper claimed that the NSA didn’t “collect” any data on U.S. citizens at an open session with Congress. After Snowden released the documents, Clapper stated, “When someone says ‘collection’ to me, that has a specific meaning, which may have a different meaning to him.” That statement being regarded towards