Is Edward Snowden the enemy of the state? Edward is a former National Security Agency worker who exposed some of the biggest secrets of the American government. He disclosed information that the government can listen in on all phone conversations, that they can turn your phone on and use it as a microphone, and that they can hack into your email and read all conversations.
After Snowden shed light on these secrets from the government, American citizens have been up at arms towards the government. People continue to debate if him disclosing this information is constitutional or not. The arguments are that he is entitled to his freedom of speech, and that he felt the American public should know that their every move is being watched.
What Edward Snowden did should be considered as being against the Constitution. He released information that could aid enemies in attacking our soil. In the Constitution, Article 3, section 3, treason is defined as: "levying war against [the United States], or adhering to their Enemies, [and] giving them Aid and Comfort". So far, this incident can not be considered treason, as expressed in the Constitution because there has not been an immediate impact of lives of American citizens.
Now that other countries know that we have tactics to listen in on what our people are doing, they could use this to their advantage. Knowing this information, they can attempt to infiltrate our security system to know what we know about their movements. If a terrorist group is nervous about how much the government knows about their attacks, they could try and get an inside man to gain access to information. This is the reason Snowden's acts should be considered against the Constitution, because down the road, we could end up paying for his actions.
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