Edward Snowden's actions are justifiable because he is shining a light on what the government has done and he believes the people have a right to know. This article will contain what happened in the Snowden affair and some reasons why Snowden did what he did, why it was justifiable and how it in some ways strengthened democracy in the United States. United. Snowden believed that by releasing this information he was doing the right thing, he also believed that people had a right to know that their privacy had been and was being violated. Some general information about Edward Snowden is that he is 29 years old and from Hawaii. Snowden said he later worked as a security officer for the NSA, then took a position in computer security at the CIA. He left that job in 2009 and joined Booz Allen Hamilton, where he worked as a contractor for the government of Hawaii” (Starr, Yan, 2013, The man behind the NSA leaks says he did it to protect privacy and freedom. In the Guardian interview, Snowden explains). how the NSA tracked people's conversations and even got into Facebook and Google to track people's emails and messages, etc. The EdwardSnowden case involves a former Central Intelligence Agency technician, who is responsible for the One of the worst information leaks It all started when Snowden was working for the NSA for a few weeks and he started learning things he didn't like in a newspaper report in the Guardian in Hong Kong. . In the interview, Snowden says that "Eve...... middle of paper ......uardian, (2013, na) NSA Files: Decoded, retrieved Wednesday February 5, 2014 from http://www . theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded#section/1Guardian, (July 8, 2013) Edward Snowden: “The US government will say I helped our enemies » – video interview Retrieved Wednesday February 5, 2014 from http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/jul/08/edward-snowden-video-interviewGuardian, (July 26, 2013) Edward Snowden and the NSA Files – timelineRetrieved Wednesday February 5, 2014 from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timelineStarr, B and Yan, H. (2013, June 23). The man behind the NSA leaks says he did it to protect privacy and freedom. Retrieved Wednesday, February 5, 2014 from http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/10/politics/edward-snowden-profile/