Ethical Implications of the Snowden Revelations
| Autor: | Michael Andregg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Government Information Systems and Management Sociology and Political Science Electronic surveillance Constitution business.industry media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences United States National Security Agency Law 0502 economics and business Political Science and International Relations HERO 050211 marketing Social media Signals intelligence Psychology business 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | The International Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairs. 18:110-131 |
| ISSN: | 2380-100X 2380-0992 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23800992.2016.1196942 |
| Popis: | This article addresses a number of ethical dilemmas and practical consequences of the revelations of Edward Snowden about massive electronic surveillance of telephone calls, emails, social media posts, and other “signals intelligence” (or SIGINT) across the entire world but especially including domestic American communications formerly thought immune to such surveillance unless authorized by judicial warrant. Practical consequences matter for all “utilitarian” ethical judgments. The author concludes that by far the largest issue is whether U.S. intelligence professionals regard the U.S. Constitution as supreme law in America or non-disclosure contracts with individual agencies or the U.S. government. Reactions to Snowden follow this pattern, with security-cleared insiders generally considering him a traitor and ordinary people generally considering him a hero for telling the public about illegal activity within the National Security Agency directed against fundamental, and constitutionally protect... |
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