Edward Snowden Research Paper

Snowmen harmed the United States Edward Snowden harmed the United States by warning them. He warned them that they were being watch. So everyone was careful now to not get caught. Some people even stopped using technology to avoid trouble. Edward Snowden harmed the United States because he warned people, copied classified information, and made terrorist change their meaning of communication. Edward Snowden warned people. Snowden had told everyone including congress that the N.S.A was collecting data. In the passage “Edward Snowmen, Whistle-Blower” it says “The director of national intelligence, lied to congress when testifying in March that the N.S.A was not collecting data on millions of Americans.” (The Editorial Boardjan)This quote proves my point because he had told congress and now the N.S.A. looks bad for snot saying the truth. The N.S.A. was lying but there has been no discussion of punishment for that lie. After the news that the N.S.A. was collecting data many people had change their form of using the internet so the governor would not know what they are doing. Snowden copied classified information from the N.S.A. Edward had copied classified information and decided to show it to everyone. What Snowden did harmed the United States because Coping Classified
In the passage the effect of the Snowden leaks aren’t what he intended it states “An official assessment of the damage caused by news leak about government surveillance programs suggests that terrorist groups are changing their communication methods in response to the disclosure, according to officials at the National Security Agency.”(Tom Gjelten) This quote proves my point because the N.S.A knows that terrorist change their communication so the governor would not know what they are planning. Now because of Snowden the N.S.A will not know that terrorist are planning something because the changed the form of