Abstract
Edward Snowden - Traitor or Hero? In my research paper I am going to discuss Edward Snowden is a Hero or a Traitor. In today’s world data protection has become nothing but a buzz word where terrorism is just an excuse and economic warfare is the real deal. My research made me think how technology can be manipulated in the hands of a few people and how human rights are violated without knowingly, also found how the governments can surveillance on personal communications if they wanted to. And part of my research I watched a great movie related to Edward Snowden - Traitor or Hero and found a lot of useful information from it and read a lot of articles on Edward Snowden. I say Snowden stood up for human rights with his whistleblowing efforts and deserves to be recognized as a hero, Edward Snowden leaked documents that showed the existence and shocking extent of a global mass surveillance system that the US government used to spy on the personal communications of millions if not hundreds of millions of Americans and foreign citizens with no links to terrorism. The leaked data also didn’t contain any details of US military plans or conversations between US or foreign officials. Therefore, Snowden’s leaks added value without doing any harm to US national security.