( Introvert inclusion at Douglas is just shy of ideal (Y Why HBO's ‘Game of Thrones’ reigns over television (¥ ‘Make America Great Again’ hats are not hate speech And more! Things I learned from ‘Snowden’ > Surveillance by the CIA and NSA Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist EK if your webcam is turned off, someone in the CIA may be watching what you are doing right now. You may not have known about that until former CIA employee Edward Snowden released NSA documents that showed that the CIA could be looking through your private information. The documents showed many surveillance programs that allowed the National Security Agency (NSA) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to do just that. Oliver Stone’s biopic Snowden talks about the whistleblower, who is played by an excellent Joseph Gordon- Levitt, and how those surveillance programs work. The film involves Snowden telling a dramatized story of his life, as explained in a disclaimer at the beginning. The film focuses on four surveillance programs that were highlighted in the documents. While there were a lot of surveillance programs that get information to the NSA , they did not have time to show all of them. The key surveillance program in the United States is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA}. This allows the CIA to spy on someone that is in the country without a warrant, for up toa year. If an American is involved, it Image via wikimedia has to be approved by the courts 72 hours after the spying begins. There is controversy with the program because it was used to look through phone calls, emails, and text messages to catch terrorists. While the program works if it catches a terrorist, it does not work if it is abused and violates privacy laws. One of the controversial surveillance programs in the documents is Xkeyscore, a search engine that shows private results. For example, if you put “Take Out Bush” in the search engine, you will see social media posts that talk about George W. Bush stepping down as the president of the United States. One of Snowden’s co-workers in the CIA showed him the search engine and he was surprised of its usage. During Snowden’s time in the CIA, he made a program that allowed them to get information from the Chinese Army. Due to this, it created a simulation of the United States in a cyberwar with China. There is also a program called Bullrun, which allows the NSA to unlock a system that is encrypted. Although private information can be encrypted, it can still be accessed by the NSA using certain tools. Snowden initially supported the Republican Party until he met his girlfriend, Lindsay Mills (Shailene Woodley). After that, he supported the Democratic Party, and throughout the Remembering the legacy of Joe Paterno > A tainted memory Cazzy Lewchuk Opinions Editor oe Paterno coached Penn State University football for 45 years. He is the most victorious coach in college football history. His legacy has been recently honoured by Penn State at game commemorations, celebrating the 5oth anniversary of his first coached game. Paterno’s career ended in November 201, after he was found to have knowledge of assistant coach Jerry Sandusky’s chronic sexual abuse of boys as young as 10, creating a national scandal for all of Penn State. Sandusky was convicted in 2012 of 45 counts of sexual abuse amongst at least 10 boys. He would find victims through his charity for underprivileged youth and repeatedly sexually assault them, including in campus showers. This abuse was allowed to continue and covered up by many authorities at Penn State, largely due to their desire to preserve the football legacy. Victims were coming forward from as early as the 1970s. Sandusky is currently incarcerated in a maximum security prison for 30-60 years, and will likely die there. When it was discovered that Paterno had knowledge of Sandusky’s actions, he was immediately fired from his coaching position. Two months later, he passed away from lung cancer. Posthumous findings revealed he knew much more about the abuse than he admitted, and participated in the cover-ups. Sexual abuse is often a fundamentally life-changing event for its victims, and one of the worst things you can do to someone. Paterno may not have been abusing the boys himself, but he knew about it, and he enabled the abuse for years. He did not report the abuser to the proper authorities, or confront Sandusky about his despicable actions. Paterno’s legacy should be Image via cleveland.com one of a special kind of evil. The kind that sits idly and allows evil to go on in front of him. Joe Paterno’s name is one that rightfully enrages and frightens a lot of people—most of all, the many victims who suffered under the actions of Jerry Sandusky and Penn State. Many victim's lives were damaged by the abuse perpetuated and covered up by Paterno and other university film we hear inspirational liberal values from him. Barack Obama promised to reform the surveillance programs in the United States, and he did not do that until the documents were released. | also learned that Edward was in the army before he worked in the CIA, and while many people thought that he mostly worked in the NSA, he mostly worked in the CIA. Overall, Edward Snowden did the right thing by releasing the documents, even though many feel he is creepy and a bad person. He is still not as creepy as fellow fugitive and founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange. Releasing the documents led to everyone talking about surveillance programs. His residency permit in Russia is about to end. If he were to get a fair trial, he could be pardoned or have his charges dropped. If there is a trial, that could be a future sequel: Snowden: The Trial. staff. Due to his actions, Sandusky was not punished, and was allowed to continue molesting children for 15 years. When Penn State celebrates the legacy of Joe Paterno, they are stating that they believe football games to be more important than serial child abuse. By refusing to fully condemn and disassociate from Paterno, they are implying they find the cover-up of sexual abuse acceptable and unimportant. It discourages victims from coming forward to get the treatment they deserve, and it encourages and enables abusers through denial. In short, it’s disgusting. If someone was abusing your family member and you later found out their boss was aware of the incidents and repeatedly did nothing, would you want that person’s career celebrated? Penn State does not get to decide Paterno’s legacy or what aspects of his life they should honour. His actions decide his legacy, and his actions include enabling child rape for many years. By honouring Paterno, they are dishonouring the victims and his shameful legacy on the school.