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House intel bill adds $75 million to NSA budget to stop future Snowdens

"On Thursday, the House Intelligence Committeeapproved a spending bill to fund the National Security Agency and other intelligence organizations. Included in the bill is a provision that would set aside $75 million for the NSA to improve its internal security and mitigate insider threats to classified material. In other words, the bill seeks to prevent future Edward Snowdens.

Earlier this month, the Senate Intelligence Committeeadvanced its own bill authorizing funding for the NSA and its surveillance programs. The bill also provides additional money for countering insider threats, but it includes protections for "legitimate" whistle blowers, the Hill's Brendan Sasso reported.

The NSA had previously deployed security software that was intended to prevent insider threats, according to an October Reuters report. However, the software, purchased from Raytheon, was allegedly not installed at the Hawaii station Snowden worked at due to the limitations of the station's network connection back to the continental US."

I actually can't believe the government right now. Instead of listening to the majority of the people and reforming the NSA (which is what a democracy should be doing) they just try and patch up where they went wrong. This is basically a slap to the face towards the american public, obviously they don't believe their actions deserve ramifications. This is exactly why this issue needs way more press/attention.

SAP Project Petition Link

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-nsa-spying/yqqYgVLQ

Annotated bibliography

• Crowley, Michael. "Spy Vs. Spy." Time 182.20 (2013): 14. Academic Search Complete. Web. 8 Nov. 2013.
• This source talks about the NSA's foreign spying habits on oversees allies. This information is useful to my digital story because it shows how the NSA can't justify this type of spying with their original excuse of terrorism.

• Engler, Mark. "Even If You Have Nothing To Hide." New Internationalist 467 (2013): 33. Academic Search Complete. Web. 8 Nov. 2013.
• This source talks about the extent to which the NSA can spy and will spy on innocent citizens for no good reason. The final conclusive point revolves around that even if you have nothing to hide it's still wrong for the NSA to spy on you. This information is useful to my digital story because it shows why people should be mad about the NSA behavior and hopefully be able to understand that the NSA should have no right to do this.

• Jim, Michaels, Madhani Aamer, and TODAY USA. "Spying uproar could spark changes not seen since 1970s." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Complete. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.
• This article talks about exactly what the title makes it sound like and putting the impact of this revelation into perspective. This is a good source for my digital story because it shows how big of revelation this actually is and how much potential for change there is.

• Guarino, Alessandro. "The State Vs The People." Engineering & Technology (17509637) 8.10 (2013): 43-45. Academic Search Complete. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.
• The article reflects on issues regarding the surveillance actions by the governments of the U.S. and Great Britain to ensure national security which is directly affecting citizen's rights to privacy. It reflects on the strategies adopted by the NSA by tapping telephone conversations and telecommunication cables. It discusses the measures adopted by the Internet industry to prevent National Security Agent computer crimes and to ensure cyber security. This source is great for my digital story because it encompasses the issue along with solutions and precautionary measures taken to this issue.

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Digital Story

My digital story revolves mostly around the same issue I chose as my SAP, NSA Spying. The story goes as follows. During my senior year of highschool I was fortunate enough to be invited by my friend to go on an all expenses payed vacation to Spain for a month during the summer. The morning after I graduated from high-school I jumped on a plane and left the great states, and also leaving behind all contact to the United States. I saw a lot of cool things and some not so cool things. I noticed a lot of things wrong with Spain's government system to which I always thought how great it was to live in such a great, free place known as the USA. When I got home to the United States I noticed not much had changed, which was expected. I get to my house, have some home cooking, and watch the news to see what America's been doing for the past month. A bunch of typical stories take up some airtime and then BAM, the news anchors start to give updates on the month-long headliner involving "Edward Snowden" and "NSA Spying." As I watched more and more about the story I couldn't believe what I was hearing, A huge organization of the government had been outed by a former employee about their spying on ALL United States Citizens. I expected there to be rioting and protests and huge public outcries, yet nothing. I thought back to how little had changed when I got back from Spain, America basically had no long-term reactions. My thoughts in Spain about how great America was were completely falsified. America had rolled over on it's side and accepted that to achieve freedom they must give up their privacy, which directly goes against what America was founded upon. "It's too bad a young man had to sacrifice everything, and become a fugitive who will likely spend the rest of his life unable to return to the U.S., to inspire this oversight." Now of course there are a great number of people who, like me, oppose how the government conducts their "surveillance." Those said people usually talk through blogs, YouTube videos, websites, and other technology based media platforms. Those are some great ways to describe my story through this project.

Works Cited

Crowley, Michael. "Spy Vs. Spy." Time 182.20 (2013): 14. Academic Search Complete. Web. 8 Nov. 2013.

Engler, Mark. "Even If You Have Nothing To Hide." New Internationalist 467 (2013): 33. Academic Search Complete. Web. 8 Nov. 2013.