Views On Edward Snowden

HILLARY & BERNIE'S VIEW ON EDWARD SNOWDEN.

Hillary and Bernie's position On Snowden was a very different impressions. Hillary said "“He broke the laws of the United State ,He could have been a whistleblower, he could have gotten all the protections of a whistleblower. He chose not to do that. He stole very important information that has fallen into the wrong hands so I think he should not be brought home without facing the music" She was basically saying that he went overboard and told information that wasn't suppose to be announced and that he should face consequences. Bernie sanders had a different response. He thought that Snowden educated the public. Sanders did also add that he did break law but the info must be considered before the sentencing. 

Source :http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/13/clinton-sanders-snowden-nsa-democratic-debate

Question 1:

What did Snowden reveal more specifically according to the guardian? The NSA'S Policies were revealed. The Guardian newspaper revealed the source of its explosive series on the NSA to be a 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant named Edward Snowden

Question 2

Why did he blow the whistle on the NSA Spying on us? He blew the whistle because he found it wrong for us to be spied on even if we didn't do anything, we get spied on just by suspicion. he quoted " Even by wrong call, then they can use this system to go back in time to scrutinize every decision you ever made, every friend that you discussed something with and attack you on that basis, to sort of derive suspicion from an innocent life and paint anyone in the context of a wrongdoer. ... The public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong."

Question 3

Were his actions Justified?yes his actions were justified. He was questioned about what he might think they may say about him and he had with a nonchalant response mentioning that he found it wrong, he explained why people should be aware of surveillance and what their information can be used for, wether or not they did anything wrong. 

Extension Activity.
Whistle blower:

1. a person who informs on a person or organization engaged in an illicit activity.

   Linda Tripp : She was a white house staff member and a key figure in the Monica Lewinsky scandal that led to the removal of Bill Clinton as president during his second term. She exposed Bill Clinton for having physical contact with his staff members.She was framed as a liar but during trail, all charges were dropped against her.  Justice was served because Bill Clinton was removed from the presidential Office. Linda Tripp Then moved to Northern Virginia, married German architect Dieter Rausch in 2004 and later relocated to Middleburg, Virginia.

   Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Tripp