1. SNOWDEN
Hero OR Traitor

2. Who is Edward Snowden
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Edward Joseph Snowden, June 21, 1983 (age 30),
Wilmington, North Carolina
Residence: Russia (temporary asylum)
Nationality: American
Occupation: System administrator
Known for :Revealing details of classified United
States government surveillance programs
Criminal charge :Theft of government property,
unauthorized communication of national defence
information, and wilful communication of classified
intelligence to an unauthorized person (June 2013).
Awards :Sam Adams Award

3. How NSA Works?
The NSA plays "three degrees of Kevin Bacon."
e.g. With a phone with 260 contacts ,
4,569,760,000 other people can be monitored
 Real Time Access to Phone and Internet Traffic
 The NSA asks for information companies
already have
 The NSA sifts through everything that crosses
the border.
 The NSA assumes you're foreign until proven
otherwise
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4. Issue?
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Guardian started publishing a series of
exposes revealing NSA operated a major
web of spying programs in May 2013.
Snowden identity was revealed on 9th
June.

5. Correctness of his actions
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NSA Claims wiretapping was not intrusion
to US citizens Privacy but legitimate way
to intercept terrorist activities or
communications
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“ he wasn’t blowing the whistle on anything illegal;
he was exposing something that failed to meet his
own standards of propriety. The question, of
course, is whether the government can function
when all of its employees (and contractors) can
take it upon themselves to sabotage the programs
they don’t like. That’s what Snowden has done.”

6. Correctness of his actions
Snowden contends that he simply wanted
the public to know that government was
watching and recording people who were
doing no wrong.
“to inform the public as to that which is
done in their name and that which is done
against them”
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The NSA view of
Americans
What People Think
Polls between June
and August 2013

8. Legal Implications
Credit:Mapsofworld

9. Discussions
1.What is the NSA mission?
How deep is the involvement of corporate America in this whole scheme?
Is Security of country is more important than Privacy?
Credit:Mapsofworld

10. Widescreen Test Pattern (16:9)
Aspect Ratio
Test
(Should appear
circular)
4x3
16x9