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In 2012, Snowden then started to work for Booz Allen Hamilton. When he started working for him, he starts to observe and discovered information that was very disturbing. He found out that the government was spying on people through a number of programs such as PRISM. There he began to collect documents from a file or dossier containing information on the NSA’s surveillance practices. After realizing that one team had a problem with their work he stopped his mission, and tried to get the document. Instead, he downloaded all the files he could get on his drive while everyone was busy and distracted by finding a solution to their problem. His colleagues in the next room were distracted because they successfully disrupted Iran’s nuclear reactors …show more content…

The drive fell on the floor and he was almost caught, but Patrick Haynes step over it since was aware of what Edward was doing. After that happened, they started to communicate via sign language before he leaves so that he could avoid their conversation being recorded. The scene was captioned as follows - Snowden: "I might not see you again." Haynes: "You 'gonna leave me here...with Captain America? Thanks a lot." Snowden: "NASA may come after you." Haynes: "I don't know what you're talking about. [walks away.]" I should note that my profession is that of an American Sign Language interpreter. From my observation, they are signing pretty much correctly, if not artfully. The only difference is that what the movie translates as "I don't know what you're talking about" would probably be more accurately stated as, "I don't understand your comment." And there really isn't a sign used for "gonna'." Hayes just says, "you're leaving me here with him? Captain America!". After doing this he hides the drive in one of the squares of the Rubik’s cube. He then made his way out of the organization. At the gate, he tosses …show more content…

After doing that, he walked out of the organization with pride. In the end Edward’s documents were published by The Guardian. These documents got sent to news outlets all around the world. The reports on the NSA scandal become global news. He was eventually forced to leave the country and say goodbye to his girlfriend Lindsay. Snowden is now seen as either a traitor or a hero by many. As a result of what snowden did, some persons see his actions as being unethical because of the fact that he may have violated a secrecy agreement but it can also show that the law was unjust and unconstitutional. In addition, the Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder, also did not find Edward’s rationale to be very convincing. He stated, “He broke the law. He caused harm to our national security and I think that he has to be held accountable for his actions.” Snowden’s actions also had an effect on the media. The editorial board of The New York Times stated that, “He may have committed a crime…but he has done his country a great service.” Within that same newspaper Ed Morrissey argued that he was not a hero but instead he is a criminal because he chose to break the law by leaking private information about the behavours of these organization publically rather than reporting it to legal networks. Snowden chose to break the According to Morrissey, Snowden unethical behavior should result in him being

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