Glenn Greenwald

nations poses an even greater threat. The use of state media throughout history has already been discussed, and there are even some examples today. Countries such as North Korea, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan possess some of the most censored media. Glenn Greenwald is a journalist that works for a newspaper called The Guardian, and is renowned for his role in publishing the top secret government files given to him by Edward Snowden. In his book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the…

being accused of. Edward Snowden is a 30­year old ex contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA) . In May 2013, Snowden moved from his home in Hawaii to travel to Hong Kong. He was traveling there to reveal his secrets to the journalist Glenn Greenwald. At the time…

America is commonly called “the land of the free”. Whether you believe this statement to be true or not, there are many founding documents that were created in hopes of making that statement to be undeniably true. However, I believe that Americans have not lived up to the mythic visions of our founding documents. America does not live up to its mythic vision because as “the land of the free” because as a country, we violate the right to life. The Declaration of Independence is an important…

by different actors that will accumulate and manifest over time. Glenn Greenwald argues that by voluntarily rendering yourself unthreatening to those in political power, you give in to the mass surveillance system that suppresses individual freedoms in a number of ways (2014). The erosion of privacy as a basic foundation of human rights can lead to gradual increases in security measures, until it becomes clearly obvious. Greenwald contests this narrow nothing-to-hide argument with Rose…

The New Yorker in itself has two articles written by their staff writers posing two completely different viewpoints; Jeffrey Toobin claiming “Edward Snowden is No Hero”, while John Cassidy makes a case for “Why Snowden is a Hero”. In Toobin’s argument against Snowden he cites examples that Snowden has revealed information that has put others’ lives in risk that would have otherwise been protected which immediately in itself warrants prosecution. Along with this Cassidy goes on to talk about the…

companies in the US. Using his recently diagnosed epilepsy as an excuse for an extended absence, Snowden traveled to Hong Kong where he remained for the beginning of the backlash his whistleblowing would bring forth. It was from there he contacted Glenn Greenwald the Guardian reporter and Laura Poitras, a documentary filmmaker, to give them his cache of top secret files not keeping copies for…

This is a fundamental abuse of the individual right to privacy. According to Glenn Greenwald, despite the dangerous security situation that has prevailed after the 9/11, the response by the government through the enactment of the Patriot Act has been widely seen as being drastic and extreme since it gives the government extensive surveillance…

imprisonment was halved from 70 million Euros in 1999 to 35 million Euros in 2010. Total court expenditures related to drug offences decreased from just above 70 million Euros to just below 30 million Euros in the same span of time. However, Glenn Greenwald, in contrast with Goncalves’ findings, found that, “the number of cases referred to the administrative process has increased slowly and more or less steadily since the enactment of decriminalization in 2001” (5).…

However, in the bubble of elite American society, the bipartisan consensus, shared by politicians and members of the media alike, is that he’s simply a respected elder statesman. The point I’m making here is not, [Glenn Greenwald voice] HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTS A WAR CRIMINAL. (Trust me, I know Kissinger isn’t moving many votes in New Hampshire.) It’s that Hillary Clinton exists in a world where “Henry Kissinger is a war criminal” is a silly opinion held by unserious people…

Snowden: The Hero The World Needs Whistle blowing is a very controversial and delicate topic in the world today. It defines whether a person is a hero or a traitor. The Snowden NSA leakage is the perfect example of controversy. Edward Snowden, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee as well as a National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, blew the whistle in 2013. He was the face behind the world’s the biggest whistleblowing case in U.S. history. He exposed how the U.S. government’s…