This really brings privacy into a very different perspective. The whole situation is a violation of privacy. Edward Snowden wishes to release these confidential documents, which is a violation of the privacy of the NSA, but the documents contain programs that show how the NSA has violated our privacy. In my opinion, Snowden is pulling a very risky move here. He is taking on an issues which is far over his head and is dragging people like Poitras into it.
I think Snowden is a little over zealous with his antistatism. Most people in the United States do not completely trust the government. That is how we function. We don't trust them to get everything done exactly how we want it, so we stay proactive in our politics so that our needs can be met. Many people do not trust the NSA and probably believe that the NSA was spying on them. Snowden may have the knowledge of exactly how they were spying on us, but to not as many people will it surprise that they were actually spying on us. I do not wish to know exactly how they are spying on me. In this day and age, there is very little privacy and I really don't want to know every way I am being spied on.
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