Barack Obama 's Presidential Debates

After September 11th, Americans looked to the government for protection and reassurance. However, they did not expect to find out thirteen years later that the government did this by using technology to spy on Americans, as well as other countries. George W. Bush began the policy shortly after the terrorist attack and Barack Obama continued it. There have been many confrontations over the years about the extent of the N.S.A.’s spying; however, the most recent whistle-blower, Edward Snowden, leaked information that caused much upset throughout America (EFF). It has also brought many people to question: is he a hero or a traitor?

Edward Snowden is a whistleblower from the 21st century. Snowden was a man who had outstanding IT skills and eventually landed a job at the NSA. He gained access to numerous files that showed the crimes the NSA was committing against its own people and against other countries as well. They were spying on people’s privacy and claimed that it was for the national security that would benefit all people. Snowden said that he could not let this

The second presidential debate was held at St. Louis, Missouri on a Sunday Evening, October 9th, 2016 at 9:00PM. The debate lasted until 10:30PM. The debate involved presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Just like the First Presidential Debate, this debate mainly focused on the candidates and their plans for the future. That night, there was a lot of opposition in opinion on both sides. It was a heated battle. Both Trump and Clinton battled it out with facts, some of which were both very strong and very weak.

On September 11, 2001, acts of terror inflicted upon the United States influenced the federal government to take action and draft legislation to combat new terrorist threats (Patriot Act). Unfortunately, the federal government used this opportunity to turn the new grandiloquence legislation, known as the Patriot Act, against the common interest of the American people. The Patriot Act allowed government agencies, such as the NSA, to monitor the actions and conversations of personal communications (Snowden). Furthermore, the act allowed the massive amounts of information to be stored in the NSA database, and some of that information collected passed around washington. When the American public realized the foul the government was committing, they became very upset with the federal government, and the emotions caused a tension between the American people and the federal government. Although, when the patriot act was first written, stated that its purpose was to combat terrorism.

Between 2009 and 2013 she sent 62,320 emails. Over half of these emails contained information that was work-related. This equates to 21.5 work-related emails per day (Keneally). Although most of these emails contain little information of importance, 65 are being withheld by the government because they include classified information (Atlantic). While this may seem like a trivial fact, it is quite the opposite. In fact, Hillary’s actions could potentially break four federal laws. The first is the Federal Records Act, which requires agencies to keep their official communications, including work-related emails. Knowingly deleting emails, the same way Hillary did, can result in a fine or one year in prison. The second law is the Freedom of Information Act, which ensures public access to agency records and information. This information is supposed to be presented in a timely manner. However, Mrs. Clinton only presented 55,000 pages of her emails that she declared “relevant”. Of course, if she had something to hide in those emails, she would not have made those public. How then do we trust that she was honest in the bring forth of these documents? The third law are the regulations regarding the National Archives. These regulations require information to be readily found when they are needed (NPR). When Hillary was first questioned about her private server, she declared that there were no classified emails

The democratic debate stage almost bursted into flames when one of the hosts questioned Bernie Sanders’ eligibility to be called a democratic representative. He recounted the facts that Sanders had been the “longest serving independent in the United States Congress,” and only joined the Democratic Party recently. Sanders replied with an enumeration of his previous projects with the party during the time. He bravely confirmed those facts, and proved that even though he officially did not work with his current political party for a long amount, he still supported their ideas and projects. To support his claim, Sanders reminded that audience that he “caucused with the House [of Representatives] for 19 years,... caucused with the Senate for 9 years,... and was elected by the democrats to be the chair of the Veterans committee three years ago.” Sanders then mentioned the 50-states party strategy that revived Hillary Clinton’s voice against her rival. She acknowledged that it was former the Vermont Governor's idea, Howard Dean, to have the 50-states party system. Her turn to count the people supporting her presidency followed the small

Did you know that every president that america had so far came from the united states? In all the years that the Presidential debate has be going on more and more people from different countries and since then won or lost. Would you want to have a president from a different country? I would want a president from a different country. I think that it would be better if we had the chance to expand our presidential line. People from all around the world would like the chance to have the experience of becoming the United States President.

4). Edward Snowden to many is considered a whistle blower which is a person who informs people of organization or people doing illicit acts. One of the many results that Edwards Snowden acts caused some country’s to lose trust in the United States and are cautious of the United States spying on them.

Seven years and two-hundred-thirty-four days into Barack Obama’s Presidency, his Presidential veto power has, for the first time, been threatened by an override. After unanimously passing the Senate back in May, the House has passed the “Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act,” a bill that will allow victims of the 2001 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, which is believed to be a major benefactor of the terrorist act. The bill passed the lower chamber of Congress by unanimous consent in a voice vote, but despite extreme bi-partisan support, President Obama is expected to veto the bill. The Obama Administration has vocally renounced the bill, as they believe it will open the door to legal retaliation against the United States. If the President

Believe it or not, Clinton’s actions were allowed as she explained in her interview with the Associated Press. According to Time Magazine, If Hillary Clinton knew that she was handling classified information through her personal email, then she will be in trouble. On the other hand, if she had no idea it was classified information, then she is in the clear. One of Hillary Clinton’s spokesperson claimed that because the material was not specifically marked, it could not be seen as classified. Thus, making Clinton oblivious to the fact that anything was classified. According to an article on BigStory, Clinton refused to apologize for her actions due to the fact that she believed they were legal. She said, and I quote, “What I did was allowed. It was allowed by the State Department. I did not send or receive any information marked classified.” She goes on to say that she takes handling classified materials very seriously and believe she did so in this case. If Hillary is innocent and truly did not know that certain emails were classified, then she did not break any laws. The emails were not marked which means she could not have known what was classified and what was not. The scandal will not doom her presidency because she did not break any

The article “Hillary Clinton’s email controversy, explained,” by Eric Bradner addresses the controversy caused by the news of Hillary Clinton using a personal email which she connected to a private server instead of using her government email while serving as the secretary-of-state under Obama. This resulted in her having to turn in thousand of pages of print-outs of emails to the State Department. Clinton’s reasoning behind using her personal email was convenience, which can be seen as a legitimate reason, due to the fact that government-issues BlackBerrys can only hold one email address. However, her using of a personal email gave more control over which emails could be accessible to the public. Although most of her emails were mostly harmless, 125 out of 7,000 emails released this week were deemed retroactively classified. Clinton did not break any laws when she used her private email, as the laws not allowing usage of personal emails were not enacted until after Clinton had left the office. Hillary Clinton’s actions were not stated as illegal, because “...she didn’t ‘knowingly’ share classified

Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (N.S.A) subcontractor turned whistle-blower is nothing short of a hero. His controversial decision to release information detailing the highly illegal ‘data mining’ practices of the N.S.A have caused shockwaves throughout the world and have raised important questions concerning how much the government actually monitors its people without their consent or knowledge. Comparable to Mark Felt in the Watergate scandals, Daniel Ellsberg with the Pentagon Papers, Edward Snowden joins the rank of infamous whistleblowers who gave up their jobs, livelihood, and forever will live under scrutiny of the public all in the service to the American people. Edward Snowden released information detailing the

When we think of leaders of America, whom do we think of? Someone who is honest, trustworthy, and loyal, right? We want someone who will have our country’s best interest at heart. As we listened to Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convection, we can trust Obama’s credibility because of her accomplishments while in the white house and by her actions that have proven her character. Obama is not only the first lady of the United States; she is an activist, service leader, and most importantly a mother. Through a majority of her speech, Obama primarily places an emphasis on the future of our children to grasp the attention of her audience. She was able to relay the importance of role models, leadership, and parenthood in her

Back in early June of 2013, Glenn Greenwald an author, former lawyer and journalist for The Guardian newspaper published an article on U.S. government massive surveillance program that would shock the world and to be considered one of the biggest intelligence leak in U.S. history. Greenwald wrote a book called No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State, which talks about the event before and during the release on massive U.S, government surveillance. In his book, Greenwald traveled to Hong Kong with Laura Poitras a documentary director and Ewen MacAskill a journalist for The Guardian to meet with NSA contractor Edward Snowden who had emailed Greenwald anonymously as “Cincinnatus” six months prior, Snowden leaks

Edward Snowden is a United States citizen and former employee of the National Security Agency (NSA). Snowden leaked information about the NSA to the media in 2013 and is now in Russia where he was recently granted three years of asylum. The NSA uses cryptology and others forms of information gathering to enable various networks to make advantageous decisions for the Nation and our allies under all circumstances. The NSA operates undetected by civilians, and uses global monitoring so broadly defined that it has allowed for unscrupulous behavior that was witnessed by contracted employee, Edward Snowden. Snowden believed that as the public gained knowledge of the illegal intelligence gathering by the government of domestic citizens, and abroad, he would gain protection from the public. Snowden did receive protection from people including powerful lawyers, journalists, and privacy advocates. Analysis of the Edward Snowden case