By PAUL BATY, age 11 Mentored by KYLE PROEHL The NSA, according to Snowden, is tracking human rights workers’ data through phones and electronic devices. PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons On April 8, 2014, Edward Snowden said that the National Security Agency (NSA) is spying...
By DECLAN PETERSON, age 11 According to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, appointed by President Obama, the surveillance is illegal. PHOTO: Susan Melkisethian After the Sept. 11 attacks, domestic spying in the United States increased dramatically. The...
By KATIE SCHLECHTER, IndyKids Staff PHOTO: Praxis Films and Wikimedia Commons In a German TV interview in early February 2014, Edward Snowden explained how domestic spying programs in the United States weaken human rights and democracy. While the interview was treated...
By ELEANOR HEDGES DUROY, age 11 PHOTO: Susan Melkisethian A coalition of organizations and companies called StopWatching.Us held a “Rally Against Mass Surveillance” in Washington, D.C. on October 26, 2013. They delivered a petition demanding that Congress...
Illustrations by GuerruntZ Edward Snowden: Hero or Criminal? By THEO FRYE-YANOS, age 10 On June 12, 2013, Edward Snowden, a United States citizen and contractor who worked for a private company hired by the National Security Administration (NSA), leaked to the press...
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