Snowden as NSA Limited Hangout — Controlled Disclosure to Hide Worse
Snowden comme limited hangout NSA — Revelation controlee pour cacher le pire
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Summary
Theory: Snowden as a limited hangout for the NSA — Controlled revelation to hide the worst
Theory according to which Snowden himself would be an operation of the NSA: by revealing the ‘second level’ of surveillance (PRISM, XKeyscore), attention is diverted from the ‘third level’ (even more intrusive programs). Variant: the revelations were orchestrated to justify the transition to more sophisticated and less detectable surveillance methods. There is no evidence, and the theory suffers from the problem of unfalsifiability: any argument against it reinforces the theory.
Key claims
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Snowden est un agent de la NSA jouant un role planifie [HYPOTHESIS — aucune preuve]
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Les documents divulgues sont un echantillon soigneusement selectionne [HYPOTHESIS — non falsifiable]
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Des programmes plus intrusifs existent au-dela de ce que Snowden a revele [HYPOTHESIS — possible mais non prouve]
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Les reformes post-Snowden ont en fait renforce la surveillance par des voies moins visibles [HYPOTHESIS]
Evidence FOR (3)
Aucune preuve positive
Argument principal: un contractor n'aurait pas pu avoir acces a autant de documents (mais cela s'explique par les failles d'acces documentees)
La NSA a poursuivi Snowden penalement — contra-indicatif d'une operation planifiee
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Document corpus
Total documents 26
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EFTA: 26
Sources (4)
Edward Snowden, 'Permanent Record' (2019) [PRIMARY]
Glenn Greenwald, 'No Place to Hide' (2014) [PRIMARY]
Laura Poitras, 'Citizenfour' documentary (2014) [PRIMARY]
Yasha Levine, 'Surveillance Valley' (2018) [SECONDARY]
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