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Essay / Biography of Edward Joseph Snowden - 1026
Edward Joseph Snowden, popularly known as Edward Snowden, was born on June 21, 1983 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, who is an anex, a professional American computer scientist and also a former employee of the National Security Agency (NSA). He also worked for the Central Intelligence Agency "CIA". Snowden moved with his family to Ellicott City in 1995, where he studied computer science at Anne Arundel Community College between 1999 and 2005. During this time, he was also in the military for 4 months. Snowden received his master's degree from the University of Liverpool in 2011. After completing his coursework, Snowden joined a security officer position for the NSA where he managed to rise to the position of a technology department of the 'information. He worked here for two years, then worked for a private company, where he was assigned to work for the NSA in Hawaii. After working for three months, Snowden discovered data that forced him to make a decision that would affect his life in the future. Snowden had access to high security files while he worked there and he noticed that the US government was secretly spying on everyone. its citizens through calls and internet use. This information came from a program known as PRISM (Planning Tool for Integration, Synchronization and Resource Management). Snowden began collecting information about this program and the activities it carries out. He did not attempt to meet with any of his senior officials regarding this incident, but while he was still working at the NSA. He contacted his superiors for leave. Snowden flew to Hong Kong in China, that's where he decided to denounce and... middle of paper ......ard Snowden is for me a hero who put his life in danger to save the privacy of millions of people. References Lyshaug, B. (February 2014). Ethics and public values V2. Denunciation. Conference given by FDU, Vancouver, BC. Greenwald, G. MacAskill, E. Poitrais, L. The Guardian. Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations. Retrieved April 3, 2014 from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillanceAnonymous. (2014.03 18). Wikipedia. Retrieved from en.wikipedia.org: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden Cooper, T. (2012). Responsible administrator: an approach to ethics for the administrative role (6th edition). Hoboken, NJ, United States. Thompson, D. (1985). Public Administration Review. The possibility of administrative ethics. September/October 1985, Vol. 45 Number 5, p555, 7p