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Hero or Traitor Edward Snowden and the NSA Spying Program
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Reference: HBS-HKS798-E
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Number of pages: 34
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Geographic Setting: North America;United States
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Publication Date: Dec 23, 2015
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Source: HBSP (USA)
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Type of Document: Case
Description
On June 5, 2013, a London newspaper reported that the United States National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers in the U.S. 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 U.S. government, the NSA and Snowden himself. Case Number 2018.0