Snowden (2016)
The Federalist Papers were a series of 85 letters penned by the founding fathers, John Jay, James Madison and Andrew Hamilton under the pseudonym of Publius to cajole the American public to ratify the American constitution. The essays are said to be very foresighted in its outlook. It admits that man, being man, can never be unbiased. He is forever swayed by emotions, lust, greed, power, control and all the traits that makes him human. Hence, he cannot be entrusted to be a just leader. Checks and balances had to be put to ensure continuity of the sovereignty of the nation. They suggested that the fall of great empires in the past due to it absence and placing of too much power on the elite few. The common man too had a duty to partake in the running of his country.
Maybe the placing of too much of emphasis on the idea of nation and less on humanity, some 'well meaning' group of people or vested individuals took the concept of nation security and fear of losing out to the enemy of the state to a different level.
The American way of life and their interference in affairs of others must have ruffled a few feathers here and there. The affluence comes with a price, national security. Living in a porous world, creating mischief has never been easier. Keeping peace, law and order is getting harder by the day. Surveillance too has become high-tech. The enemy remains unseen. So what do the law enforcers do? They spy upon their citizen, hence, denying them of privacy permitted under the Constitution. This forms the basis of the movie based on NSA's world-famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden.
Snowden, as an employee of the America's sensitive branches of law enforcement, CIA and NSA, found too many wrongdoings against his fellow citizen under the cloak of national security. This is his story, starting with his legendary clandestine interview in Hotel Mira in Hong Kong. It flashes back early into his career, various news snippets of the time and his final internet interview to an American TV station from an undisclosed location in Russian after his passport was revoked by the USA.
The question that remained unanswered is whether what Snowden did is treason for exposing sensitive national security information or a saviour for preventing the continued dupe of the general public of their rights?
The Federalist Papers were a series of 85 letters penned by the founding fathers, John Jay, James Madison and Andrew Hamilton under the pseudonym of Publius to cajole the American public to ratify the American constitution. The essays are said to be very foresighted in its outlook. It admits that man, being man, can never be unbiased. He is forever swayed by emotions, lust, greed, power, control and all the traits that makes him human. Hence, he cannot be entrusted to be a just leader. Checks and balances had to be put to ensure continuity of the sovereignty of the nation. They suggested that the fall of great empires in the past due to it absence and placing of too much power on the elite few. The common man too had a duty to partake in the running of his country.Maybe the placing of too much of emphasis on the idea of nation and less on humanity, some 'well meaning' group of people or vested individuals took the concept of nation security and fear of losing out to the enemy of the state to a different level.
The American way of life and their interference in affairs of others must have ruffled a few feathers here and there. The affluence comes with a price, national security. Living in a porous world, creating mischief has never been easier. Keeping peace, law and order is getting harder by the day. Surveillance too has become high-tech. The enemy remains unseen. So what do the law enforcers do? They spy upon their citizen, hence, denying them of privacy permitted under the Constitution. This forms the basis of the movie based on NSA's world-famous whistleblower, Edward Snowden.
Snowden, as an employee of the America's sensitive branches of law enforcement, CIA and NSA, found too many wrongdoings against his fellow citizen under the cloak of national security. This is his story, starting with his legendary clandestine interview in Hotel Mira in Hong Kong. It flashes back early into his career, various news snippets of the time and his final internet interview to an American TV station from an undisclosed location in Russian after his passport was revoked by the USA.
The question that remained unanswered is whether what Snowden did is treason for exposing sensitive national security information or a saviour for preventing the continued dupe of the general public of their rights?
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