The National Security Agency (NSA) was founded in 1952 for collecting, processing, and protecting information for the United State government. In 2013 Edward Snowden, an employee of an NSA contractor, flew to Hong Kong and meet with journalist to start the process of revealing information about the organizations collection of metadata on US citizens. The metadata included phone calls, txt messages, and thing that people entered into search engines. The documentary Citizen Four captures Snowden’s days in Hong Kong and his conversations with the journalist involved. It is actual footage that Snowden recorded that was edited and used to produce a quality presentation of the events as they unfolded. The most popular thing to write about after watching Citizen Four would have to be the governments infringement upon privacy. In choosing to write about this a person would enter an ongoing debate about privacy, and would have to paint Edward Snowden as either a friend or a foe. Ultimately the persons writing would do nothing, but contribute to the noise. I will quickly contribute my two cents to the noise and then move on to something from the movie that I think creates more fruitful academic discussion. …show more content…
I agreed, but was never contacted, however other individuals that my friend listed were contacted. It seems strange to me that NSA would need to verify my friend’s residency if they have metadata collected on him that would verify all the information that they need. At the same time, it is strange that my name was given and I was never contacted. My friend has since started his co-op and claims that there are laws in place that keeps the NSA from spying on Americans. My personal believe is that metadata is being collected, but not actively viewed by the