Wondery | AMERICAN SCANDAL: Snowden

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🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 7 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_LegalAF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This has been my cellus host of legal AF with Michael Popack, and I want to tell you about a podcast that I am looking forward to.
0:09.6	All scandals begin with a lie, a lie that's ultimately revealed and followed by outrage.
0:15.9	American scandal is a podcast from Wondery that takes you deep into the most infamous scandals in American history
0:23.3	to see what drives someone to break the rules and what happens when they're caught.
0:27.7	The newest season explores one scandal that proved extremely polarizing,
0:32.4	elicited widely disparate reactions, and had a majorly profound global impact,
0:38.4	all because of one man, Edward Snowden.
0:41.8	It all started in 2013 when the young contractor with the NSA leaked thousands of documents,
0:47.8	outlining the secret and the legal mass surveillance operation the United States was running on its own citizen.
0:54.3	Most people were shocked at the depths of the government's illegal surveillance.
0:58.8	Consequently, many argued was Edward Snowden a whistleblower or a traitor.
1:04.8	This season of American scandal explores the questions raised by the infamous leaks.
1:10.9	Who was Edward Snowden?
1:13.2	Why did he do it?
1:14.7	And how did he manage to steal invaluable information from the most secretive intelligence agency in the world?
1:22.9	His name alone elicited strong emotions.
1:25.7	Agree or disagree with his actions.
1:28.3	We owe it to ourselves to understand the whole story.
1:32.1	You're about to hear a preview of Edward Snowden from American scandal.
1:36.8	While you're listening, follow American scandal on Amazon music, Apple podcasts,
1:42.6	or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:44.9	Subscribe to Wondery plus an Apple podcasts or the Wondery app to listen one week early and add free.
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