Edward's lifes
where did Edward grow up?
North Carolina or Maryland
What is the NSA
National Security Agency
What program spied on people?
PRISM
what is the first English settlement in America?
Jamestown
What did Edward study in college?
computing
What is the CIA?
Central Intelligence Agency, analyzes information to further national security and preempt threats
What incident caused Snowden to leave Hawaii to Hong Kong?
The last incident that would spark Snowden to whistle blow was the knowledge that one of the higher ups had been spying on him and his girlfriend.
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
The Supreme Court ruled under Chief Justice John Taney, that slave owners could legally won slaves in any territory, and established slaves as property
Where is Edward now?
Russia
Which president brought Snowden hope for reform in the NSA and CIA?
Obama. Snowden believed Obama would reform the spying and invasions of privacy but it only got worse.
What did PRISM do?
PRISM could pull up a live video of what a person was doing, and all of their digital footprint including their private emails and texts.
Bartolome de las Casas
Dominican Friar who advocated against the poor treatment of Natives in the Caribbean by the Spanish
What was Edward's first job?
security guard for CIA
What act did the government charge Edward for?
Espionage Act of 1917
What happened at Geneva?
Edward witnessed CIA operatives using manipulative and immoral tactics to try and obtain information. Basically Snowden was tasked in getting a banker on his side. Him and a colleague did research and found the banker's weak point and caused multiple incidents to mess up his life. Then got him drunk at a bar and had him drive home so he could be charged with a DUI so they could make a deal with him.
Social Gospel
They believed that Christian principles should be applied to cure the ills of society, through works such as fighting for social justice for the poor
What country did Snowden first seek sanctuary in?
China, he went to Hong Kong because he believed it to be a place of free speech that would understand his actions.
Which agency allowed access to consumer data such as Facebook, Microsoft, Google, AOL, Skype, YouTube, and Apple.
NSA
What was the main lie the NSA told Snowden?
They were using his programs in totally different ways then was the original intention. They told him that they were using the programs to fight against terrorism when in actuality they were using it to spy on people.
HUAC
They tried to eliminate all Communism in the United States, specifically targeting the Hollywood Film Industry, for their ability to spread Communist beliefs through media.