Reflections on CitizenFour

Overall this documentary has not changed my mind about Edward Snowden. I have been seeing him in the same manner ever since I learned of his true cause. Once I learned that Edward Snowden was not a terrorist, as the media preached, and instead an activist for freedom, my vision of him became very clear. 

This documentary has made me very interested in learning about the intelligence community. To me, it feels like this is a super secretive community of people that live lives of constant danger to expose the truth. It might be a fantasization of the group, but I wonder how they stay so safe yet interconnected. Maybe this summer, I could conduct a private investigation of my own to see how to stay as anonymous as they do. 

I find it to be a very interesting oxymoron that president Obama would be an icon of freedom, yet condone such an action. This is what made me wonder that if president Obama was able to see all of the things that the NSA had lied about and manipulated, would he still say such a  breach was without such merit? Personally, I believe that the United States does play a role in its people's lives and the world. It acts unjustly in the shadows and produces a smile to the public. It funnels billions to cover its tracks and acts swiftly towards anyone with an opinion of its actions. In truth, I feel this country is engulfed in its own history. Racism scattered, corruption internalized, and slaverly in the form of debt plagues our country. I can only hope that the truth can shape our next generation of thinkers and bring us closer to true freedom.

-AL