Hero or Traitor? Edward Snowden and the NSA Spying Program

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Compact case

Sequel

Reference no. HKS2018.1

Subject category: Knowledge, Information and Communication Systems Management

Authors: Christopher Robichaud (Harvard Kennedy School); Laura Winig (Harvard Kennedy School)

Published by: Harvard Kennedy School

Published in: 2017

Length: 2 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: Ethics policies; Ethics issues; Employee values; Whistleblowing

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Abstract

This sequel accompanies HKS Case Number 2018.2. On June 5, 2013, a London newspaper reported that the United States National Security Agency was collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers in the US The story was the first of many top secret revelations about the NSA's spying programs, leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor. The case examines Snowden's actions and motivations and asks students to consider the repercussions of whistleblowing/leaking on the general public, the US government, the NSA and Snowden himself.

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United States; North America