Edward Snowden: It's been two years since the bombshell went off and the NSA to monitor "bulk metadata" phone calls was first discussed.
At the heart of this information was then found the Edward Snowden, the man who leaked documents to the Glenn Greenwald and the Laura Poitras about what exactly was happening in the name of national security.
While still living in Russia to avoid prosecution for this act, he published an op-ed in the New York Times titled “The World Says No to Surveillance.”
And others like Leslie Cauley, previously sounded the alarm bell regarding excessive zeal for espionage, but these leaks were to spur action and initiate a series of proceedings, resulting in the Senate passing a decree to finally place some limits on its powers NSA.
These changes, and the corresponding movements around the world, are happening thanks to Edward, who started all this, but despite all the progress, it should be noted that a lot of hard work is still needed, since the right to privacy is still under threat...
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