Snowden And Privacy

George Orwell, the author of 1984 stated, “We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it” (Orwell). In other words, those who have power usually remain in power. For example, all throughout history, a blue print has been laid out on how to stay in control, (capitalism, religion, slavery, and information to name a few). Similarly, one could argue the National Security Agency (NSA) is one of the most powerful entities in the world today. For instance, the NSA is a national level intelligence agency responsible for global monitoring, collecting, and processing information data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. By extension, Edward Joseph Snowden is a former Central Intelligence Agency officer who copied and leaked classified information from the NSA without authorization in 2013. Naturally, these revelations generated unprecedented attention around the globe on national security and information privacy, which has led to a worldwide debate on these issues. Therefore, moral theories such as utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics will help determine whether Snowden’s actions were ethically right, wrong, or permissible. As a result, after ethically analyzing the case of Edward Snowden, it has been determined he was morally justified for his actions.

Snowden and Senator Rand Paul oppose the Patriot Act because they both feel that it violates our 4th Amendment. The Patriot Act entitles allows inferior agencies to unreasonable searches and seizures of a person’s house and papers. The 4th Amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant from a judge. The Patriot act allow the Federal Government to violate this amendment. In fact, when the Patriot Act enables violation of the 4th Amendment of the Bill of Rights, Amendments 1 and 2 are also violated. It infringes on our right to bear arms and the freedom of speech. Our government makes shallow promises to protect us during times of crisis, such as terrorist attacks, but what do we give up? They offer us freedom

On June 6, 2013 the details of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance activities where given by Edward Snowden to the public; raising concerns of Americans about their privacy. Edward Snowden, a former employee of the NSA, gave the alarming details of surveillance programs in his interview on how the NSA accesses our emails, calls, internet activity, and anything else that is related to technology. In this system of surveillance the NSA can gather data from companies and tap the cables that are vital for moving around information from technological devices, they may also use their relationships with technology companies to get emails or information straight from U.S. servers. (Cawley, Kiss, Boyd, Ball) Nevertheless, the claim is

Edward Snowden worked Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), he copied NSA’s surveillance confidential material in May 2013 and planned to leak the information. He knows if he leaked in the U.S. will be arrested, so he gets an excuse leaving the U.S and leaked out the information of NSA in Hong Kong. He leaked out the surveillance of NSA is a traitor for the U.S government because he betrayed the NSA and he has the respond keep secret. The information of surveillance he revealed cause the NSA in hard time deal with terrorist and the country has crisis in position of world. In the opposite, he is a hero for the civics because he revealed the facts of the NSA surveillance, people’s privacy surveillance through phone and internet all the time.

The NSA had innocent beginnings with the goal of peace and the well being of general population. Created in the early 20th century, its goals were to use cryptology to decipher the codes of foreign countries and monitor potential threats. As multiple reports of success began pouring in, its directive expanded to allow the mass spying of American citizens. Since spying on domestic grounds was a new concept, the government put a leash around the NSA's neck requiring a warrant before any searches were to be conducted. Despite the plethora of new resources given to the NSA and the safeguard put in place to prevent further power ascent, its power hungry appetite would not stop there. All constitutional rights to privacy would be lost after 9/11

Edward Snowden was born on June 21, 1983 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He is known for sharing classified documents about the U.S. government and collecting data illegally from U.S. citizens. He did this by downloading the documents, encrypting them in emails, sending them back and forth to reporters and publishing them. The charges the government are charging him with is stealing government property, distribution of national defense information in which he was not authorized/allowed to do, and sharing the information with people whom weren’t supposed to know it. The reason he was even willing to be charged with these charges is because the government was collecting more information than they really needed such as our phone records,

Glenn Greenwald is a journalist, who has worked quite closely with the flies of Edward Snowden. In his Tedtalk speech: Why privacy matters, He reveals the extensive surveillance of the United States, which targets on private citizens. Greenwald has worked over 16 months on privacy matters. It is a question that has been debated globally for years. After Edward Snowden exposed the United States secret surveillance project, one of the viewpoints that people frequently point out: why we are scared if we do not do something wrong? It indicates there has 2 kinds of people, good people and bad people. Bad people who have reasons to avoid being surveilled such as terrorists, criminals, and law violator. This kind of people have fully reasons to care

"Snowden" is a biopic about Edward Snowden, the man who is known for exposing the deceits of the NSA. Snowden, a computer wizz, former Central Intelligence Agency employee, and previous contractor for the government, easily became one of the most wanted men in America when he exposed just how little privacy the civilians of Americans had before the issue was resolved. The film "Snowden" can be divided into three parts. First being the story of Snowden's discovery of the government's way of surveillance. Second being Snowden's relationship with Lindsay Mills and how this affected his work with highly classified jobs. Lastly being the story of how Snowden released what he knew and how he was able to get out of the NSA.

Edward Snowden is a former employee of the National Security Agency (NSA) branch in Hawaii. Now, he is know has become known as a whistleblower. He is known for revealing government information that the NSA does not want the public to know. This information that was revealed was that the NSA is going through people’s online activities, even if they are innocent. Edward Snowden believes that he did the right thing. Many people agree with this, because they want to have privacy, because that is a basic human right. Some people though believe, thought that he did not do the right thing, and that the information should remain private. They believe the government is keeping them safe, but by taking away citizens’ privacy, are they really? By revealing potentially harmful government information, Edward Snowden saved people’s private information, which makes him a patriot.

The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence organization of the United States federal government responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. They have the ability to see web browser history, massages, they can see exactly what is displayed on the screens. If they are interested, they can even see what you are reading right now. The NSA collects every American phone records, they have the power to see which phone number was called, at what time, how long the call lasted, and they can even listen to everything that was said in the call. The PRISM program lets the NSA access private user data on well-known leading online services. Edward Snowden,

Is the government trustworthy and is whistleblowing an ethical practice are the two major questions that have been surfaced throughout the recent years. Just the past several years, Edward Snowden released unauthorized intelligence documents detailing the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance on its on population that led to numerous reactions and questions towards the agency’s activities. Meanwhile, the attitude towards Snowden’s action remain mixed. Many perceive him as a hero while others believe that he is a traitor for releasing the private disclosure. The question remain if the unauthorized disclosure of classified information was justified. In order to determine whether Snowden’s action was justified, this paper will analyze if his actions meet the criteria suggest by Rahul Sagar.

Snowden has been charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act and has stolen government property and can therefore be charged for up to 30 years in prison by the federal prosecutors in Virginia (NY Times, 2013). He is on the run from the American authorities, and the White house spokesman, Jay Carney said, “He is not a human rights activist. He is not a dissident” (NY Times, 2013). This meaning, that Edward Snowden should be seen as a criminal, a spy.

Throughout history the United States has experienced many cases in which individual rights and values have been at the forefront of social debate. More specifically, one of these debates includes the independence that the American public should have in regards to privacy and if government obligation should allow for governance of these rights in order to uphold the security of the nation.

The picture painted of Snowden in Citizenfour is that of a calm and honest man whose actions were for public service. While this may very well have been the case, the documentary doesn’t speak much of the fact that Snowden disclosed highly classified information without any authorization, which is criminal in nature. If Snowden selected said files that were illegal in nature to expose, the mass file dump that ensued could have been avoided. Snowden stole well over a million intelligence files and provided complete access to Glenn Greenwald without knowing how he’d use the information. In the end, Greenwald only decided to publish 4 of the 41 slides of a single relevant file to the general public. Even though he did manage to expose illegal

The term “hero” sounds inappropriate for the Edward Snowden case due to the fact that a true hero is not a coward. Furthermore, why would he flee the United States and maintain asylum in Russia? Obviously, he took off and claimed the unfairness of justice towards him. Indeed, the justice system in the United States when contrasted to several nations, including the ones where the democracy prevails is incomparable. Thus, Edward Snowden only needed to stay and accept his fate rather than running away after creating a dilemma within the intelligence community. Moreover, individuals considering him as a hero simply based their judgments on their constitutional rights without even knowing if the NSA actually collected their private information.