Edward Snowden, born on June 21, 1983, is an American fugitive, former Central Intelligence Agency employee, and former contractor for the United States government who copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013. In high school in 1998, he caught glandular fever which caused him to miss 4 months of school, eventually he flunked out of high school, leading him to in roll in to Anne Arundel Community College. In 2001 his parents split up, leading Wendy, Edwards’s mother, to move to Ellicott City; 1 year later Edward followed here. On March 20th, 2003 the US invaded Iraq, at this time the unemployed Edward Snowden saw an opportunity to become something, maybe due to the fact that his family has coast guard backgrounds. In May 2004, he reported for duty at Fort Benning, Georgia, unfortunately, during his train he broke both of his lags, shortly after he was discharged. In 2005, he got a security guard job at the University of Maryland's Center for Advanced Study of Language, this place was the NSA which at this time they were desperate for computer geeks. Two years later he had then gotten a job offer at the CIA, which he accepted. He then went to Geneva Switzerland, in 2007. In February 2009, he quit the CIA.
The reason he is view by the people to be a considerable ‘patriot’ is because of his actions he took, in 2013. The day that he confessed his actions was June 9th, 2013, this day mark a changing point for the people’s understanding of the government. Many believe what he did was brave, smart, risky, and a service for the American public. ‘Patriot of free press’ is the right to publish and disseminate information, thoughts, and opinions without restraint or censorship, as guaranteed under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which is basically what he did by leaking that information. Mostly the citizens of the United States of America consider him a hero for leaking information that we citizens should know.
Edward Snowden remains a traitor to government because he leaked information that they worked so hard to keep from the citizens of the United States of America. Since he leaked it, he was given a warrant out for is arrest. The government contains a lot of elements that benefit the citizens of the United States of America, and even more that don’t, but it is not fair to us that we are being spied on while taking care of our daily activities, like work on a computer or talking on our phones. Edward Snowden now cannot return to the United States due to is actions, but if the event did not take place, the citizens of United States of America would remain blind to what the government has been doing behind the scene.
I believe that Edward Snowden’s actions he took in leaking those files to the community was one of the best thing’s that showed the government who they really are. I personally don’t find him a traitor to the people at all, in fact he did us a favor, he risked possibly getting life in jail or being killed for us just to show us what we’re really dealing with. Edward Snowden is far by one of the most heroic souls I know now, because deep down I wouldn’t have the dignity to do what he did, form this day on he will remain my new idle in terms of being brave and heroic. Edward Snowden is a traitor to the government, but a hero to the people.