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Edward Snowden Pros And Cons

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When media outlets are controlled by the general public, those outlets tend to contain some sort of bias. Whether that bias relates to race, gender, or political affiliation, nearly all news/media outlets have a bias towards a certain topic. These biases can be found in the topics of the NSA surveillance programs and Edward Snowden’s affiliation to the NSA. Each news station, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, ABC News, CBS News, and BBC news, all have their own opinions of the NSA surveillance programs, more specifically, the impact of Edward Snowden on the National Government. The citizens of the United States are split on the issue of Edward Snowden. Edward Snowden released pertinent information about the NSA surveillance programs to the general public regarding the surveillance of the American citizen’s phone calls. Some believe that Snowden is a hero, but others believe Snowden is a criminal. These opposing views are mightily reflected in the various news stations …show more content…

What does this mean? Conservatives majorly side with the view that the NSA surveillance programs are unconstitutional and are an invasion of man’s right to privacy. Fox News recently interviewed Judge Napolitano where they questioned Napolitano on his stance towards the NSA and Edward Snowden (Judge 2). Judge Napolitano stated that "When you do that and you succeed, you're considered a hero and you're a patriot. When you do that and you fail, you end up in the gallows or in jail (Judge 2)." ‘That’ is referring to the actions of Edward Snowden who also stated that "There have been times throughout American history where what is right is not the same as what is legal. Sometimes to do the right thing you have to break the law (Snowden 2)." The basis of what these two gentlemen are stating is that doing the right thing might not always be legal in the general public’s eyes. This is the case with Snowden, whom many believe is a

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Through this phenomenon, muckrakers and whistle-blowers have come to the forefront to provide the people with the information that is so often gated away. No other person in the world is more famous for this in recent memory than Edward Snowden. Snowden, former NSA associate, leaked thousands of documents pertaining to the surveillance of American citizens. This broke numerous laws and turned Snowden in a criminal. This transgression was deemed so horrible by the government that he had to flee the United States if he valued his freedom.

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As Mr. Cusick stated, what Edward Snowden failed to disclose or fail to see was the whole picture. He was not privileged to see how some aspects of information fit with others. With or without this understanding, Snowden painted a grim picture of NSA’s practices regarding the privacy millions of citizens. By doing so, he severely damaged the nations intelligence gathering capability and put the lives of many at

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In the document “Hero or Traitor? Edward Snowden and the NSA Spying Program”, Edward Snowden, exposed various types of spying programs. He exposed these programs because they were invading the people’s privacy and he felt that it was important for the people to know. On June 5, 2013, the very first report, a newspaper from London called The Guardian, reported that the United States National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting telephone records from millions of U.S. customers of telecommunications company Verizon.

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Snowden, who was a computer systems contractor, worked for the National Security Agency and revealed to the public how the American Government was spying on its own citizens and foreigners. Snowden was committed to the truth which allowed him to reason and understand the difference between what is right and what is legal. Snowden was convinced that the truth requires an individual to do the right thing and not necessarily what is legal. However, doing the right thing could sometimes require an individual to break the law.

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When it comes to civil disobedience, I am quite divided. One of my greatest debates are with my peers regarding Edward Snowden and the NSA. In my eyes, he should have been protected by the Whistleblowers Act. Once broken down to the bare minimum, he was denied this because in working for the CIA/NSA, he subsequently signed the secrets act which prevented him from talking to anyone about that which he came into contact with when it came to the work place; including that which he worked on, along with the information he heard around the workplace. He did it with the intentions of informing the general public of something he felt the american people should have been made aware of because it violated our privacy rights as written in the amendments.

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In the case of Edward Snowden and what he did is somewhat controversial. The controversy on this subject is that some think he should be punished for his actions and others think he should be free and have no charges. The people that think he shouldn’t be punished also think that the government is wrong for doing what it was doing. They also think he shouldn’t be punished for exposing something the government is doing that is against the law. Now if a person is in a government agency and is doing things to keep the mass majority safe will see him as a traitor and want him to be punished.

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According to NSA pursuant to EO 12333 they are authorized to collect, retains, analyze, produce, and disseminate signals intelligence information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes to support national and department missions, and to support for the conduct of military. In other word NSA collects communications and information of people outside and inside the country of US. But according to Edward Snowden who is the world’s famous whistleblower of NSA and the one who used to work in CIA and NSA as a contractor before he revealed the top secret of American spy agencies and other allies that the legal process that we expected and we had become accustomed to what constitution being told was a lie and all the process, regulations and procedures that they do in reality what NSA is doing is violating not only the law as written but likely the constitution. Snowden is concerned to the people and other governments help by big internet companies are moving towards collecting all information, making a permanent record of people and recording the whole daily lives. Everything that you are doing online was capturing by this spy agencies stealing privacy of people and Snowden believe

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government’s dishonesty of privacy, Edward Snowden has done the American people a huge service. Realizing the consequences that could follow, Snowden still chose to risk his personal safety for the benefit of the American people. From the words of Snowden himself, he said, “I don't want to live in a world where everything I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity and love or friendship is recorded.” Yes, Edward Snowden did not abide by the law given to him in his profession, but he believed that his responsibility to inform others of the government’s dishonesty was worth the risk. He could’ve followed orders, but chose to uphold what was morally

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Those who think that the NSA has the right to act in the way they do would tend to brand Snowden a traitor. Those against the NSA’s national security tactics find that Snowden was a hero, and consider his current circumstance a worthy

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The controversy over the government for tapping into citizen’s phone and email communications is a serious topic that has been going on for a long time. This topic became more controversial when Edward Snowden leaked critical documentation to public about government surveillance programs that were created after 9/11. Many Americans have a different perspective between this particular concerns that is still being talked about. For instance, some citizens are outraged by this controversy and some citizens were not concerned at all about this. In my perspective, I think it was wrong for the government to be able to tap into our phones or filter out packets that contain our personal information.

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In the year 2013, an NSA employee named Edward Snowden leaked classified material from the NSA, in the United States. This led to a variety of reactions from the general public. In this essay, I hope to analyse the action taken by the subject, and discover if this move was a positive or negative one. Equally ground-breaking and controversial many have described Snowden’s disclosure of NSA files as a historic moment that significantly reshaped and reordered investigative journalism, news coverage and circulation, whilst heightening public mistrust of government secrets.

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The opinions of average people on Edward Snowden are extremely polarized. Some people paint Snowden as a hero, loyal to democracy and exposing the evils of big government (“Securing Our Libery” 5). Other people label him as a traitor, endangering the lives of United States citizens and soldiers, since the enemy now knows more about our intelligence system (Walsh “Privacy Versus Security” 11). It is worth mentioning though, that even though Snowden says that he did everything to protect democracy in the nation he loves, he has chosen to take refuge in Hong Kong and Russia, countries that aren’t exactly known for their focus on democratic ideals (“Securing Our Liberty” 5).

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The main issue in the Snowden controversy is the conflicting rights of private individuals and the US government with regard to the use of telecommunications and the internet. There are ethical issues surrounding this controversy and the most applicable ethical approach for this case is “Ethics by Rights Approach”. As a background, the reason why US government had declared Edward Snowden a traitor is his involvement in the leaking of about 1.7 million confidential US documents, 15,000 Australian intelligence files and 58,000 British intelligence files from the National Security Agency (or NSA) to the public. These confidential information were acquired by the NSA through the PRISM program by collaborating with big internet companies such

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Edward Snowden put his own freedom at risk by revealing the misconduct of NSA and he made many important disclosures such as the NSA was seizing phone and text records of everyone in the US and was monitoring at least 122 world leaders.(Turley, 2014) Also, his documents showed evidence of million intercepted calls in foreign countries, including every call in places like Afghanistan and Iraq. ( Turley, 2014). He did a great public service and what he did was an act of moral courage. Some people argue that he broke rules and shamed the government.

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Beyond that, both American political parties censure Snowden as the leaker. Both Republicans and Democrats see him rather as a traitor than a whistleblower and therefore he should be punished harder. The text “Edward Snowden Is No Hero” was written by Jeffrey Toobin in 2013 and published on the

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