Edward Snowden, the famous "whistleblower", shocked the world with his revelations about the NSA database and the programs that allow the organization to access to personal information not only of citizens of other countries, but also of 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 these programs to exist in direct violation of the privacy rights of every American citizen. Edward Snowden is an American computer scientist. , former CIA and NSA employee who leaked classified documents on global surveillance devices to the media. He was born in North Carolina, where his mother worked in federal court and his father as a Coast Guard officer. Snowden left school around age fifteen and, in the five years before his twenties, remained mostly unemployed and attended a few community colleges. At some point during these five years, Snowden decided to join the military and worked on the US military base in Japan. He was enlisted for four months and then released. His noble values ​​were already present, as he was eager to fight in the Iraq War, claiming that he wanted to end the oppression of the people (Ackerman, S., 2013). After the military, Snowden worked for less than a year as a security guard. specialist at the University of Maryland. Nevertheless, this short professional experience certainly helped him in his future career. In 2006, Snowden joined the CIA where he continued to work on computers as a systems administrator. Snowden's work with the CIA took him to Geneva where he had to ensure computer network security. Three years of hard work with the CIA obviously did not please Snowden as he decided to resign in ... middle of paper ...... over US access and how that goes to l against the civil liberties of the people. Programs like PRISM, MAINWAY, MUSCULAR, Tempora, Boundless Informant and XKeyscore go against the Bill of Rights and the US Constitution which clearly states in the Fourth Amendment that people have the right not to be searched without a warrant appropriate or without valid reasons. Intelligence agencies say they are doing this to protect American citizens from further terrorist attacks, and while that may be true, they are also granting access to private information to many people who are most likely using it for themselves. -themselves. This is unacceptable behavior by the government since the 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.