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…
most about being human was one about a porcelain rabbit. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo tells the story of a china doll named Edward, who begins the story as an arrogant and vain doll loved by one young girl. Through a series of accidents, Edward is moved from family to family, and his little heart begins to feel the love he has always received. I believe The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a book all students in the Honors Program should read because of its…
Edward Snowden, a government official, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which gathers, processes, and analyzes national security information, and the National Security Agency (NSA), which is responsible for global monitoring, collecting and processing information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. During his time of working for the government, he discovered and released private documents containing information proving government surveillance.…
American poet, Anne Bradstreet and philosopher, Jonathan Edwards are both of the christian faith from the age of the Puritans in the 1700, each creating pieces with the love of their Lord in mind. Though the two have the same goal, to send the word of their religion around, they individually use their own literary devices to convey their feelings and thoughts in various ways, Bradstreet goes approaching the subject with delicacy and grace while Edwards went with a more forceful approach, to say…
activist. He is not a dissident” (Herzenhorn, 2013). The National Secret Administration also claims that their programs are constitutional and that their aim is to protect the public from terrorist attacks (Macaskill & Dance, 2013). Meaning that Edward Snowden should be seen as a criminal, a spy, that has leaked several intrusted documents that have made the United States look like a bad guy. Criminals are those who…
Dr. Jonas Edward Salk was a model global citizen because of the many things he did for the world in by helping it, but he was shaped by his parents and education. Jonas Salk was the son of Polish immigrants that moved here before he was born, on October 28, 1914. His parents were strong believers that he needed a full education before he could move on with his life. Jonas was a very bright kid and at the age of 15 he graduated from Townsend Harris High School. He then moved onto City College…
collecting is for our safety, but what are they really keeping us safe from if terrorist attacks are still happening, domestic and nondomestic. How does the information of innocent citizens help find or determine future crimes? CitizenFour documents Edward Snowden’s perspective on the NSA spying scandal in which information of the government’s massive covert-surveillance programs was leaked. While the government is taking information from us they are also tearing us down with sugar. Fed Up, a…
Murrow is legendary. Edward Murrow is kind of to people in broadcasting industry what Alexander the Great is to military strategist. He was an extremely prominent figure in the pioneering of electronic news gathering as a craft and a profession. Murrow began his career at…
Edward Snowden was a former Contractor of the National Security Agency. The National Security Agency (NSA) monitors electronic communications of private citizens. The scope of what the NSA does is vast and includes monitoring the internet, text messages and phone calls. The NSA exists because of the Fourth Amendment. Within the law the NSA can collect data with probable cause. Snowden outed the NSA for collecting information or data without probable cause. I think that Snowden made the…
On the Internet, anyone can be anything. Strangers chatting online may not realize they’re talking to a possible criminal or a psycho. People from all walks of life can be, and in most cases, are completely different individuals online. As Alinta Krauth points out in her article “Anonymous in Portmanteaupia” she states “One does not have to choose one culture anymore, but can layer it. For example, if one were a law-abiding citizen in their offline culture, they may be an anti-statist or service…