Maeve Gustafson Midpoint Update

 

Intro:

Every year since 2009, the United States government puts over eight billion dollars towards its National Security Agency, which spies on the majority of digital information from United States citizens, as well as information from foreign diplomats. The NSA has recently come under major scrutiny from the American public due to some of its sensitive documents being leaked by Edward Snowden. The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden case of June 2013 has officially brought to light the extreme measures of public surveillance taken by the United States government, and has caused major debate over the ethics of this practice and whether or not it should continue.

Outline:

I.               Introduction

II.             Introduction to mass government surveillance/security

a.     What the government does

b.     Why the government does this and mass security since 2001

III.           Introduction to the Edward Snowden Case

a.     What happened in the Snowden case and Wikileaks

b.     Why Edward Snowden leaked information

IV.           Debate over the ethics of government surveillance

a.     Protection vs. privacy

V.             Conclusion