Explain the release of information regarding the NSA’s domestic surveillance program by contractor Edward Snowden. What role did the media play in facilitating the release of this information?

What will be an ideal response?

Answers should explain how Snowden contacted the news media and released documents pertaining to the NSA program that collected information about the U.S. population’s telephone calls, e-mails, financial transactions, and other personal information, as well as information about data that had been collected from online sources and social media websites. Journalists from the London-based Guardian first reported the story, which was then picked up by The New York Times and other major news publications.

Political Science

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A) use more than one order of conditions. B) select participants on the basis of high scores on a measure. C) randomly assign participants to groups. D) ask participants not to tell anyone about the research procedures.

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In recent decades, voter participation can best be described as __________ compared to previous elections

a. greater than expected b. stellar c. beginning to level off d. lackluster

Political Science