Sneak Peak! AMERICAN SCANDAL: Snowden
Opening Arguments
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🗓️ 5 September 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, took a large toll on America’s sense of security. In the dawn of this new era, Congress moved to take swift action by creating the Patriot Act. The stated goal was to identify and strike back against terrorists, but in practice, the law had much wider-reaching effects. But everything changed in 2013 when an intelligence contractor named Edward Snowden decided to expose the truth, leaking more classified documents than any whistleblower in American history.
This four-part series from American Scandal follows Edward Snowden’s transformation, from a respected intelligence officer, to the most wanted whistleblower in the world.
This is just a preview of Edward Snowden from American Scandal, but you can listen to the rest of this episode at wondery.fm/AS_OpeningArguments
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners, got something a little different, little special? |
| 0:03.5 | This is a feed drop for American scandal Edward Snowden. |
| 0:07.6 | All scandals begin with a lie, a lie that's ultimately revealed and followed by outrage. |
| 0:13.2 | American scandal is a podcast from Wondery that takes you deep into the most infamous scandals |
| 0:18.2 | in American history to see what drives someone to break the rules and what happens when |
| 0:22.1 | they're caught. |
| 0:23.1 | The newest season explores one scandal that proved extremely polarizing. |
| 0:27.2 | Existed wildly disparate reactions and had a majorly profound global impact, all because |
| 0:32.6 | of one man, Edward Snowden. |
| 0:34.8 | It all started in 2013 when the young contractor with the NSA leaked thousands of documents |
| 0:39.5 | outlining the secret and illegal mass surveillance operation. |
| 0:42.7 | The United States was running on its own citizens. |
| 0:45.0 | Most people were shocked at the depths of the government's illegal surveillance. |
| 0:49.1 | Consequently, many argued was Edward Snowden, a whistleblower or trader. |
| 0:53.2 | This season of American scandal explores the questions raised by the infamous leaks. |
| 0:57.6 | Who was Edward Snowden? |
| 0:59.6 | Why did he do it? |
| 1:00.9 | And how did he manage to steal invaluable information from the most secretive intelligence |
| 1:05.5 | agency in the world? |
| 1:07.0 | His name alone elicits strong emotions, agree or disagree with his actions we owe it to ourselves |
| 1:12.0 | to understand the whole story. |
| 1:13.5 | You're about to hear a preview of Edward Snowden from American scandal. |
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