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It seems as if we are getting new information about the National
Security Agency (NSA) and the extent of its spying and surveillance
programs on a weekly to bi-weekly basis. Ever
since Edward Snowden the former NSA contractor leaked a myriad of
secret documents exposing these programs, we hear more and more about
just how wide spread the NSA’s activities have been. But who exactly is Edward Snowden? This is a question that not very many people have asked. Much of what has been revealed by Snowden only confirms what many have been saying about the NSA for well over a decade. The
only difference is that prior to the Snowden leaks, people who talked
about the extent of the NSA’s surveillance programs were dismissed as
conspiracy theorists. Now it is an accepted fact that the NSA spies on and collects data on almost anything you could possibly imagine. Despite
this, there is something very fishy about the Snowden narrative when
you take into consideration his alleged background with the U.S. Army,
the CIA and other government institutions. Not to mention the comical events that transpired after he fled the country to Hong Kong and later Russia. He just has the look and feel of a character invented by media hype and propaganda. Although
we’ll never know his true intentions, it is highly probable that these
leaks were allowed on-purpose so the U.S. government could indirectly
reveal to the world the full extent of the NSA’s capabilities. This
possibility is worth considering since a press conference announcing
these activities would not be a workable course of action. With
dissent on the rise and independent voices in the alternative media
doing severe damage to the credibility of the U.S. government, these
leaks may have been sanctioned as a way to discourage free speech and
growing dissent against American imperialism.
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