The movie, Snowden, was about Edward Snowden who put his life on the line to expose the CIA having full access to everyone’s data and devices in secret. This film exposed that there was and is a lot of information being hidden from the public eye/civilians. It came to a point where the government was holding a press conference about the global threats of data and the Senate Intelligence Committee was asked by Senator Wyden, “What I wanted to see if you could give me a yes or no answer to the question, does the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?” and the answer was “No, it does not… Not wittingly. There are cases where they could inadvertently, perhaps, uh, collect, but not wittingly”. If the government can blatantly lie to the Senator knowing that Americans are watching through their media channels goes to show that this isn’t the first time the American people have been lied to. There is more being hidden for politicians’ agendas to rule over people and keep them unaware of the inhumane actions through the spread of lies through media platforms. Snowden did his research after this conference was held on the Heat Map to see how much data was actually being collected per country. It was shown that the United States of America was collecting more than 3 billion emails and calls, not including the telecom while Russia was collecting around half (1.5 billion) as the amount of the USA. This is extremely scary because although Snowden put his life on the line to commit to sharing this information to the public, does it mean that the data collection has ceased in any way. I feel as though due to the increase of technology use and need there have been more advanced ways to stalk people globally to get the information that the government believes they are rightfully granted access to. I understand the threat of 9/11 in reasoning about why the stalking of civilians and potential terrorists began, however, that opened the door that I don’t think the government would want to shut it down because they crave the information of everyone and everything.

Everyone has a digital print and can be very vocal through social media apps and phone messages. Although, I personally don’t have anything to personally hide from the government criminal wise, I still would not want the government to be hearing and watching my next moves through my data, messages or camera. The last part that stood out to me in the movie was when Snowden was explaining the Nuremberg trials and how the government would find ways to shut down jobs if they felt it were becoming criminal. Snowden explained, “But then the next trial was just the judges and lawyers and policemen and guards and ordinary people just doing their jobs, following orders. That’s where we got the Nuremberg principles which then the UN made it to international law, just in case ordinary jobs become criminal again”. This was an explanation to a fellow CIA member who didn’t believe that his work was criminal because he was simply working for the government saying that it was just war. This mentality is what most people who work in the government believe such as CIA agents, policemen and politicians. Believing that since they work for the government they have power against people. I don’t know how we Americans can completely change the government for positive, but someday there will be change.

Do you believe that we can overthrow the government and change the amendments set for us to follow by?

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