My bold padlet by Edith Eriksson von Allmen https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2021-01-04 18:45:47 UTC 2025-10-29 04:46:19 UTC hello@padlet.com 6) Snowden allies see opening amid Trump clemency blitz e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063404194 2021-01-07 14:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063404194 5) Why Democrats aren't trying to push for Snowden's pardon e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063705595 2021-01-07 15:53:24 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063705595 7) As Trump weighs pardons, GOP divided on whether Snowden should receive one e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063716764 2021-01-07 15:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063716764 2) Edward Snowden Speaks Out: 'I Haven't And I Won't' Cooperate With Russia e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063741362 2021-01-07 16:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063741362 1) Edward Snowden Biography e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063753067 2021-01-07 16:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063753067 11) Snowden wasn't a whistleblower e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063797185 2021-01-07 16:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063797185 22) Snowden shouldn't be pardoned e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063814856 2021-01-07 16:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063814856 21) Edward Snowden doesn't deserve clemency e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063819949 2021-01-07 16:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063819949 10) Trump grants clemency to war criminals and people involved in Russian probe e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063839932 2021-01-07 16:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1063839932 Questions to answer: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1131508179 - Who is Edward Snowden?
- What did he do?
- What happened to him because of it?
- How did people react?
- Who agrees with his actions/who disagrees?
- Is he a whistleblower or a traitor?
- How much surveillance does the government have on U.S. citizens and how much should it be allowed to have?
- What is the current law on how much the government can hide from us?
- Who are the people Trump is granting clemency?
- Have they done worse things?
- If they are being pardoned, why isn't Snowden?
- Why do people want him to be pardoned/why don't people want him to be pardoned?]]> 2021-01-27 13:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1131508179 10) Summary of article e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1131531088 - President Trump granted clemency to 20 people
- two people who were convicted of crimes as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
- four military contractors convicted of killing 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007
- shows how the president is using the power of his office to undo the work of the Russia probe that shadowed much of his term, undercut major cases that took on political corruption and wave away the crimes of Americans convicted of participating in the massacre during the Iraq War.]]> 2021-01-27 13:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1131531088 6) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1131580250 - Several Republican lawmakers have been encouraging the president to offer clemency to Snowden
- Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Matt Gaetz have talked to Trump about a Snowden pardon
 - The just-pardoned Roger Stone, a longtime Trump adviser, also made a public appeal for Snowden’s clemency.
- Their pitch: Snowden has been unfairly persecuted after revealing the mendacity of people like James Clapper, the former director of national intelligence. 
- The argument may play well with Trump, who also sees himself as a victim of the American intelligence services and despises Clapper.
- “So I think what Snowden did was a service to the American people and he ought to be pardoned.” - Sen Rand Paul]]> 2021-01-27 13:57:03 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1131580250 7) Summary of Article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1158740967 - Despite support from some Democrats and high-profile human rights groups, it is unlikely that the Biden Administration will pardon Snowden
- "Snowden is no traitor. He is a true whistleblower who was trying to expose those like (former Director of National Intelligence James) Clapper who used Deep State powers in secret to go after Americans. Snowden should be pardoned," argued Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky 
-  Paul said Trump should pardon Snowden for "revealing the unconstitutional spying that was going on, even beyond what was envisioned from the Patriot Act."]]> 2021-02-03 14:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1158740967 8) What is Patriot Act e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1159028378 For context of article]]> 2021-02-03 14:49:31 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1159028378 9) Lateral reading for CNN article e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1159036226 2021-02-03 14:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1159036226 18) U.S. charges Snowden with espionage e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1177672214 2021-02-08 15:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1177672214 12) NSA SPYING ON AMERICANS IS ILLEGAL e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1185582414 2021-02-10 04:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1185582414 12) Summary of Article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1185584632 - Bush signed a presidential order in 2002 allowing the National Security Agency to monitor without a warrant the international (and sometimes domestic) telephone calls and e-mail messages of hundreds or thousands of citizens and legal residents inside the United States.
- President Bush admitted that he had authorized it, but argued that he had the authority to do so.]]> 2021-02-10 04:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1185584632 17) The state of privacy in post-Snowden America e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1185601164 2021-02-10 04:47:56 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1185601164 14) Summary of Article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1187444407 The pew research center conducted a new national survey that found that overall approval of the program had declined since the story first broke based on Edward Snowden’s leaked information.
Post-Snowden 40% approve of the government’s collection of telephone and internet data as part of anti-terrorism efforts, while 53% disapprove. Pre-Snowden more Americans approved (50%) than disapproved (44%) of the program.
- 45% say it has served the public interest while 43% say it harmed it. 
- 56% majority wants to see the government pursue a criminal case against Snowden, while 32% oppose this. 

]]> 2021-02-10 14:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1187444407 14) Obama’s NSA Speech Has Little Impact on Skeptical Public e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1187447707 2021-02-10 14:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1187447707 Core questions: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1187460129 - Was Edward Snowden a hero, whistleblower, or traitor?
- How much surveillance does the government have on U.S. citizens and how much should it be allowed to have?]]> 2021-02-10 14:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1187460129 13) Public Split over Impact of NSA Leak, But Most Want Snowden Prosecuted e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215211366 2021-02-18 13:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215211366 13) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215215779 - A majority of the public says that Edward Snowden should be criminally prosecuted.
- The new national survey, conducted June 12-16 by the Pew Research Center and USA TODAY among 1,512 adults, finds that 44% think that the release of classified information about the NSA program harms the public interest, while 49% say it serves the public interest.
- 54% of the public – including identical majorities of Republicans and Democrats (59% each) say the government should pursue a criminal case against the person responsible for leaking the classified information about the program.
- In December 2010, just 29% said the Wikileaks disclosures served the public interest while 53% said they harmed it. Today, about as many say the leak about the NSA surveillance program serves the public interest (49%) as harms it (44%).
- Young people, by 60% to 34%, think that the NSA leak serves the public interest. Americans 30 and older are divided (46% serves vs. 47% harms). 

]]> 2021-02-18 13:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215215779 15) Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215238954 2021-02-18 13:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215238954 15) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215240890 - A majority of Americans (56%) say the National Security Agency’s (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of Americans is an acceptable way for the government to investigate terrorism, though a substantial minority (41%) say it is unacceptable.
- While the public is more evenly divided over the government’s monitoring of email and other online activities to prevent possible terrorism, these views are largely unchanged since 2002, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
- The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center and The Washington Post, conducted June 6-9 among 1,004 adults, finds no indications that last week’s revelations of the government’s collection of phone records and internet data have altered fundamental public views about the tradeoff between investigating possible terrorism and protecting personal privacy
- Currently 62% say it is more important for the federal government to investigate possible terrorist threats, even if that intrudes on personal privacy. Just 34% say it is more important for the government not to intrude on personal privacy, even if that limits its ability to investigate possible terrorist threats.

]]> 2021-02-18 13:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215240890 16) Few See Adequate Limits on NSA Surveillance Program e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215289164 2021-02-18 14:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215289164 16) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215291787 - A majority of Americans (56%) say that federal courts fail to provide adequate limits on the telephone and internet data the government is collecting as part of its anti-terrorism efforts.
- 70% believes that the government uses this data for purposes other than investigating terrorism.
- Despite the insistence by the president and other senior officials that only “metadata,” such as phone numbers and email addresses, is being collected, 63% think the government is also gathering information about the content of communications – with 27% believing the government has listened to or read their phone calls and emails.
- The national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted July 17-21 among 1,480 adults, finds that 50% approve of the government’s collection of telephone and internet data as part of anti-terrorism efforts, while 44% disapprove. These views are little changed from a month ago when 48% approved and 47% disapproved.
- Nationwide, there is more support for the government’s data-collection program among Democrats (57% approve) than among Republicans (44%), but both parties face significant internal divisions: 36% of Democrats disapprove of the program as do 50% of Republicans.
- Nearly identical percentages in both parties (45% of Democrats, 43% of Republicans) say that the news media should report information it obtains about the secret methods the government uses to fight terrorism, while 51% in each party say it should not.]]> 2021-02-18 14:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1215291787 16) Evaluating source: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220219690 2021-02-19 19:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220219690 5) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220245321 - When key provisions of the Patriot Act were up for reauthorization earlier this year, progressive Democrats led the charge to strip the law of language used to justify mass surveillance programs uncovered by Snowden.
- The federal government has charged Snowden with three felonies: one count of theft and two violations of the 1917 Espionage Act.
- Only one Democratic member of Congress has pushed Trump to pardon Snowden.
- Three Republican members of Congress and one Republican-turned-independent encouraged Trump on Dec. 12 to pardon Snowden.
- The absence of Democratic participation in the push to pardon Snowden is notable because it runs counter to the Democratic Party’s historic commitments.
- Glenn Greenwald accused Democrats of being more protective of national security leakers like Daniel Ellsberg who reveal classified information during Republican administrations than of Snowden, who acted while Barack Obama was president.]]> 2021-02-19 19:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220245321 1) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220268768 - Computer programmer who worked as a subcontractor for the National Security Agency (NSA)
- Snowden collected top-secret documents regarding NSA domestic surveillance practices that he found disturbing and leaked them.
- Newspapers began printing the documents that he had leaked, many of them detailing the monitoring of American citizens.
- The U.S. has charged Snowden with violations of the Espionage Act, while many groups call him a hero.

]]> 2021-02-19 20:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220268768 4) Edward Snowden granted permanent residency in Russia e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220297115 2021-02-19 20:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220297115 4) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220298402 - Snowden was granted permanent residency in Russia on October 22nd
- He has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the US.
- Snowden said last year that he was willing to return to the US if he was guaranteed a fair trial.]]> 2021-02-19 20:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220298402 3) NSA surveillance exposed by Snowden was illegal, court rules seven years on e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220311915 2021-02-19 20:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220311915 2) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220318886 - To Snowden, the classified information he shared with the journalists exposed privacy abuses by government intelligence agencies. He saw himself as a whistleblower. But the U.S. government considered him a traitor in violation of the Espionage Act.
- "People look at me now and they think I'm this crazy guy, I'm this extremist or whatever. Some people have a misconception that [I] set out to burn down the NSA," but that's not what this was about. In many ways, 2013 wasn't about surveillance at all. What it was about was a violation of the Constitution."
- Snowden's 2013 revelations led to changes in the laws and standards governing American intelligence agencies and the practices of U.S. technology companies, which now encrypt much of their Web traffic for security.]]> 2021-02-19 20:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220318886 3) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220338804 - Seven years after Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance of Americans’ telephone records, an appeals court has found the program was unlawful – and that the US intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.
- the US court of appeals for the ninth circuit said the warrantless telephone dragnet that secretly collected millions of Americans’ telephone records violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and may well have been unconstitutional.
- “I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA’s activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them,” Snowden said in a message posted to Twitter.
- Up until when Snowden leaked the information, top intelligence officials publicly insisted the NSA never knowingly collected information on Americans at all. After the program’s exposure, US officials fell back on the argument that the spying had played a crucial role in fighting domestic extremism, citing in particular the case of four San Diego residents who were accused of providing aid to religious fanatics in Somalia.]]> 2021-02-19 20:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220338804 8) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220397832 - Allows law enforcement to use surveillance against more crimes of terror
- Allows federal agents to follow sophisticated terrorists trained to evade detection.
- Allows law enforcement to conduct investigations without tipping off terrorists.
- Allows federal agents to ask a court for an order to obtain business records in national security terrorism cases
-  The Patriot Act facilitated information sharing and cooperation among government agencies so that they can better "connect the dots."

]]> 2021-02-19 20:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220397832 9) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220404644 - Trump has been far more libertarian and done more on foreign policy and civil liberties than has any recent president.
- The Patriot Act has been used to spy on Americans since 2001, and many parts of it should never have been passed and should not be allowed to continue.
- This past year, when some of the worst parts of the Patriot Act were up for renewal, President Trump stopped its renewal with a veto threat.
- He should pardon Edward Snowden for revealing the unconstitutional spying that was going on, even beyond what was envisioned from the Patriot Act.
- Snowden leaked information about unconstitutional spying and was motivated to do so after watching Obama Director of National Intelligence James Clapper lie about it under oath. Clapper lied to Congress multiple times, along with participating in many unconstitutional endeavors, including spying on Americans and participating in the Russia Hoax.  He lied in 2013, and he lied again during the Russia probe.
- Contrary to the media narrative, Snowden was attempting to expose this type of anti-American behavior from the Deep State, not damage our security.]]> 2021-02-19 20:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220404644 9) Good quote from Snowden in article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220415123 - I would say the breaking point was seeing the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, directly lie under oath to Congress.  There’s no saving an intelligence community that believes it can lie to the public and the legislators who need to be able to trust it and regulate its actions.  Seeing that really meant for me that there was no going back.  Beyond that, it was the creeping realization that no one else was going to do this.  The public had a right to know about these programs.  The public had a right to know that which the government is doing in its name, and that which the government is doing against the public.]]> 2021-02-19 20:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220415123 11) Summary of article e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220429710 - Their aversion for a Snowden pardon comes from the Espionage Act and the dynamic between the government and media over the boundaries concerning the public’s “right to know.” 
- Do all parties share responsibility that transcend legal interpretations to safeguard the nation’s security?]]> 2021-02-19 21:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1220429710 17) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1221795808 - Americans today – after a series of terrorist events at home and abroad – are more concerned that anti-terrorist programs don’t go far enough than they are about restrictions on civil liberties.
- Americans’ awareness and concerns over issues of privacy also extend beyond the kinds of surveillance programs revealed by Snowden and include how their information is treated by companies with which they do business.
- 52% of Americans described themselves as “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about government surveillance of Americans’ data and electronic communications, compared with 46% who described themselves as “not very concerned” or “not at all concerned” about the surveillance.
- hose who followed the news about the Snowden leaks and the ensuing debates were more anxious about privacy policy and their own privacy than those who did not.]]> 2021-02-20 17:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1221795808 18) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1221809729 - Snowden was charged with theft, “unauthorized communication of national defense information” and “willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person. The last two charges were brought under the 1917 Espionage Act.
- Officials from President Obama on down have said they welcome the opportunity to explain the importance of the programs and the safeguards they say are built into them. 
- Skeptics, including some in Congress, have said the NSA has assumed the power to soak up data about Americans that was never intended under the law.

]]> 2021-02-20 18:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1221809729 19) U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1221817874 2021-02-20 18:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1221817874 19) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1221818953 - Foreigners are the NSA's 'targets', not Americans, but their programs touch nearly every American home in one way or another. 
- Obama administration officials and career intelligence officers say Americans should take comfort that privacy protections are built into the design and oversight, but they are not prepared to discuss the details.
- Two of the four collection programs, one each for telephony and the Internet, process trillions of “metadata” records for storage and analysis in systems called MAINWAY and MARINA.
- The other two types of collection, which operate on a much smaller scale, are aimed at content. One of them intercepts telephone calls and routes the spoken words to a system called ­NUCLEON.

]]> 2021-02-20 18:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1221818953 20) Here’s everything we know about PRISM to date e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1227532149 (Relates to article 19)]]> 2021-02-22 17:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1227532149 20) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1227536484 - PRISM is a system the NSA uses to gain access to the private communications of users of nine popular Internet services. Access is governed by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which was enacted in 2008.
-  A classified PowerPoint presentation leaked by Edward Snowden states that PRISM enables "collection directly from the servers" of Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook and other online companies.
- Tech companies have angrily denied that they had given the NSA "direct" or "unfettered" access to their servers.
- FISA orders are not search warrants under the Fourth Amendment, and the FISA Amendments Act doesn't require the government to show probable cause to believe that the target of surveillance has committed a crime.
- The surveillance may not "intentionally target" an American, but the NSA can obtain the private communications of Americans as part of a request that officially "targets" a foreigner.]]> 2021-02-22 17:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1227536484 21) Summary of article: e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1227591699 - Snowden is a self-styled whistle­blower. He says he was motivated by his constitutional qualms about an NSA bulk-data-collection program and his disgust with official deceptions about the program.
- If Snowden wanted to be a genuine whistleblower, he could have pursued concerns about the NSA program through lawful avenues, instead of fleeing the country and purloining so many documents that authorities still can’t be sure how much he stole.
- why did Snowden’s devotion to the Constitution require him to disclose details of how we spy on other countries, how we cooperate with Sweden and Norway to spy on Russia, or an NSA program called MasterMind to respond to cyberattacks?
None of these programs or actions raises any constitutional issues whatsoever. Exposing them makes sense only as sheer nihilism (i.e., Snowden was in a position to steal the information, so why not take it and disclose it?) or as a calculated act of hostility to US national-security policy as such.

]]> 2021-02-22 17:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1227591699 23) Edward Snowden: Whistleblower or double agent? e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1282870298 2021-03-08 16:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1282870298 23) Evaluating source e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1282888680 According to Mediabiasfactcheck, this is a questionable source because it is strongly right-bias, has many failed fact checks by reporters/pundits, isn’t always very good with sourcing information, and they publish misleading reports and spread conspiracy theories that end up needing to be taken down. However, the reason it is rated as being ‘mixed’ for factual reporting is because it’s ‘straight news’ reporting is generally reliable. ]]> 2021-03-08 16:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1282888680 24) Edward Snowden e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1282946919 2021-03-08 16:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1282946919 25) Evaluating source e21eriks https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1283000230 This is not considered a credible source because anyone can edit the information which means that the information people post can be incorrect since it is not always checked - even though a lot of errors do get fixed. Also, the people who write on Wikipedia don’t need to show anything that indicates how much of an expert they are on the topic or where they got their information. The more credible sources on Wikipedia are the ones labeled ‘Featured’ or ‘Good’ because they are heavily reviewed and edited and pass a lot of ‘tests’ in order to earn that label so that they can be used for research. However, the article I am using is not labeled as being a Featured article or Good article so, therefore, it is not reliable. ]]> 2021-03-08 16:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/e21eriks/pu180yzo9hilgfyq/wish/1283000230