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Reflections on Citizen Four

2023-04-04T13:11:16-04:00

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Reflections on Citizen Four

Prompt: Make an entry in your blog describing your reaction to the information presented in the documentary Citizenfour. Did the documentary have an effect on your opinion of Edward Snowden or the US government?

No, my opinion of oUr GrEat nAtIOn was already quite poor. The documentary did remind me of many things I read in Permanent Record, which you can download as a PDF or an EPUB. The CIA and NSA grossly overstepped, they tried to hide their operations, Snowden brought them to light, and has been branded a traitor, a spy, and an enemy of the state, while he should really be considered a hero. It’s unfortunate that little has happened to curb the state’s penchant for mass surveillance since then, but I do still believe his actions were incredibly brave and at the very least helped bring the issue a bit further out of the recesses of the public’s mind.