Citizen Four (2014, Documentary) Obviously this documentary got a load full of attention and accolades because of the controversy that it had managed to propagate. From an infotainment viewpoint, it did little to provide more than we already know. It showcased the behind-the-scene happenings surrounding Edward Snowden's first whistleblowing interview in Hong Kong back in 2013. Snowden gives a low-down account of how the Government agencies tap information into our personal details and our daily activities more than it has to know. At the end of the day, the biggest question remains where one draws the boundary between privacy (or freedom and liberty) and national security especially in the present day world security situation. Should the ruling class be in control as the general population is the dark of what is really required of life? That privacy is just a fallacy to hide one's devious schemes to create mischief? Or that the rulers have a paternalistic role to ensure...
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