Edward Snowden, the famous "whistleblower", shocked the world with his revelations about the NSA database and the programs that allow the organization to access the personal information not only of citizens of other nations, but also citizens of the United States. The most shocking revelation of all was not the existence of these programs, but the fact that the Obama administration allowed them to exist in direct violation of every citizen's right to privacy American. Edward Snowden is an American cyber specialist, former CIA and NSA employee who leaked classified documents related to global surveillance devices to the media. He was born in North Carolina, where his mother worked in the federal courthouse and his father as a Coast Guard officer. Snowden dropped out of school around age fifteen, and during the five years before his twenties he was mostly unemployed and attended few community colleges. At some point during these five years Snowden decided to join the military and worked at the American military base in Japan. He was drafted for four months and then discharged. His noble values ​​were present even then, as he was eager to fight in the Iraq war claiming that he wanted to stop the oppression of people (Ackerman, S., 2013). After the military, Snowden worked for less than a year as a security officer. specialist at the University of Maryland. However, the short work experience certainly helped him in his future career. In 2006, Snowden joined the CIA, where he continued to work with computers as a system administrator. Snowden's work with the CIA took him to Geneva where he had to maintain computer network security. Three years of hard work with the CIA evidently did not please Snowden because he decided to resign in... middle of paper......about US access and how this goes against people's civil liberties. Programs like PRISM, MAINWAY, MUSCULAR, Tempora, Boundless Informant, and The Secret Service claims they do this to protect American citizens from further terrorist attacks, and while this may be true, they grant access to private information to many people who are most likely using it for themselves. This is unacceptable government behavior as government was created to ensure that citizens are treated well and their voices are heard. The agencies have crossed the line, they are against civil liberties and they must be stopped.