Instead, the agency argued in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, that money should go back to the government. Justice Department (DOJ) thinks Edward Snowden shouldn’t get to keep the profits from his new memoir. I recently read in the media that the U.S. What would you do? Become a whistleblower and be harassed and maligned, or remain silent? What are the consequences for both actions? Make your own decision regarding Snowden’s actions. Be sure and get in touch when you turn 18.”Īt times witty and shocking, his memoir is enlightening and extremely well-written. He offered Snowden a job but realizing that Snowden was just a teenager, he said, “Well, kid, you’ve got my contact number. He ended up leaving a telephone message which eventually was responded to by someone at the lab.

Among the secrets he leaked were classified NSA programs including PRISM, an undercover data-mining operation that collected private data of users from companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Verizon, and AOL.Ī thoughtful read, it made me consider today’s dominance of surveillance capitalism in our digital age, and what the limitations should be on the government’s access.Īn inquisitive person, while still in high school, Snowden hacked into the website of the Los Alamos Nuclear Research Laboratory. Because of his security clearance, he had access most of his colleagues did not possess. Permanent Record is a compelling account of why and how former computer intelligence consultant Edward Snowden was motivated to become a whistleblower, both leaking secrets of highly classified documents from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013, when he was a highly-regarded employee and subcontractor, and disclosing the extent of the U.S. “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”

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