Edward Snowden

WHAT HE DID

• Edward put his own life in danger to expose the truth about the government.
• He disclosed classified NSA documents to several media outlets for the good of the people.
• This revealed operational details of a global surveillance apparatus run by the NSA
• People were being watched and they didn't even know it. So he exposed the information to all.
• His release of classified material was called the most significant leak in US.

WHY HE SHOULD BE NOMINATED

• In my opinion he opened the eyes of America.
• Not knowing that the government was spying on everything we did is a scary thing.
• I firmly respect his actions in revealing this information to us.
• There should not be secrets like that being kept from us because that is against some of our rights as citizens.

IMPACT/ CONFLICT

• This information has been beneficial to many.
• In order to protect himself he had to flee the country.
• I believe in the actions he made and think he should not be punished.
• The problem is quite obvious, that the citizens of America were being spied on without knowing.
• This affected all US citizens and everyone in America that used Internet or used the phone.