Snowden has harmed the United States verbally and physically. Hey may have helped but very little of it. Some people may think he helped but he did not. The only thing he have benefited from this is that now we know that the government may or may not be spying on our technology. Some people may think it harmed or helped, we will never know until something major happens or nothing happens at all. He may have helped but helped the terrorist or bad people because now there are more secretive. Did he help or harmed us all?
Edwin Snowden has harmed the United States by uncovering this private document. He has harmed us verbally and physically. He harmed us verbally because people think that the government cannot be trusted and will talk about our government and how they are sneaky people. They will now think that our government is a joke and everyone will hate them because of this. The government spied on everyone’s technology because they just wanted to find terrorist, they don’t have any interest about …show more content…
Example “When Osama bin Laden learned the NSA was monitoring his satellite telephone, he switched to sending messages by courier. “ – Ledgett (The effect of the Snowden leaks aren’t what he intended article) they knew about this and now they are being more secure and private. It also says that it was harder for the government to find them. This is more dangerous for the U.S. Because Edward Snowden did this, we are more in danger. If we had a choice over if the government had to spy on our phone so they can track down terrorist or let the terrorist be more secure and never know if they plan anything because he exposed that we are being spied on? What’s the most logical one? The government wants nothing to do with you and what you talk about on the phone. They are just looking for the bad