Reason: None provided.
Before Snowden, mass warrantless surveillance was derided as a ‘conspiracy theory’.
Most people at the time believed it was technically impossible (because people like Brennan, Clapper, and Comey insinuated that narrative).
Snowden’s leaks were the ‘Podesta Emails’ that demolished the illusion.
Unlike other ‘top secret natsec tech’, this set of tools was deployed directly in violation of U.S. Citizens’ Constitution Rights, and represented a clear and present danger to the future of free elections.
Within a decade of its deployment it was already being used to cheat a presidential election and power a coup against the duly elected President.
235 days ago
1 score
Reason: Original
Before Snowden, mass warrantless surveillance was derided as a ‘conspiracy theory’.
Most people at the time believed it was technically impossible (because people like Brennan, Clapper, and Comey insinuated that narrative).
Snowden’s leaks were the ‘Podesta Emails’ that demolished the illusion.
235 days ago
1 score