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Snowden

DVD • September 15, 2016 • 2h 14m • R • Budget $40M • Box Office $37,357,216

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CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

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Other Titles:	スノーデン
Sub Genres:	biography, surveillance state, national security agency (nsa), political thriller, whistleblower, fighting the system, nsa, internet, idealist, surveillance, idealism, five eyes, Mass Surveillance
Release Date:	Theatre 09/15/2016, Theatre US 09/16/2016, Digital 12/13/2016, DVD 12/27/2016
Language:	English (EN)
Box Office:	$21,587,519 (Domestic) + $15,769,697 (Foreign) = $37,357,216 (Worldwide)
Age Rating:	R
Director:	Oliver Stone
Type:	Movie
Links:	Movies Countdown, TVDB, IMDB, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Official Website, Letterboxd, TMDB, WIKIEN

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Impressive story of how someone sacrifices himself for the greater good of humankind. And he did it while going against the Secret Service of the USA! Both of these facts almost make him look like a "ninja version of Jesus Christ". And he did what he did with the hope of avoiding having democracies in a situation that can transform them in tyrannical states by simply flipping a switch.

CORBIN O'BRIAN: In 20 years, Iraq will be a hellhole nobody cares about. Terrorism's a short-term threat. The real threats will come from China, Russia, Iran. and they'll come as SQL injections and malware. Without minds like yours, this country will be torn apart in cyberspace.

SNOWDEN: NSA wanted to impress the Japanese. Show them our reach. They loved the live drone feeds. They were not as thrilled that we wanted them to help us spy on the Japanese population. They said it was against their laws. Of course we tapped the entire country anyway. And we didn't stop there. Once we owned their communications system we started going after their physical infrastructure. We'd slip these little sleeper programs into power grids, dams, hospitals. And the idea was, *if* the day came when Japan was no longer an ally, it'd be lights out. And it was not just the Japanese. We were planting malware in Mexico, Germany, Brazil, Austria. I mean, China I can understand, or Russia or Iran, or Venezuela, okay. But Austria? You're also being ordered to follow most world leaders and heads of industry. You know, you're tracking trade deals, sex scandals, diplomatic cables, to give the US an advantage in negotiations at the G8, or leverage over Brazilian oil companies, or helping to oust some third world leader who's not playing ball.

SNOWDEN: And ultimately, the truth sinks in that, no matter what justification you're selling yourself this is not about terrorism. Terrorism is the excuse. This is about economic and social control. And the only thing you really protecting is the supremacy of your government.

SNOWDEN: There were these three high level officials at the NSA. Bill Binney, Ed Loomis and Kirk Wiebe. They'd been filing complains about abuse and overreach for years. That's all they did. They just filled complaints. And the FBI raided their homes. Then there was Thomas Drake. Like the other three guys, Drake was trying to change things from the inside. But when nothing worked, he did go to the press. So they hit him with the Espionage Act and we were shocked, the whole intel community.
Interviewer: Why do you think you were charged?
Drake: To send a chilling message.
Reporter: To whom?
Drake: To other whistleblowers, to others in the government, not to speak out. *Do not tell truth to power. We'll hammer you.*

CORBIN O'BRIAN: You ever think Ed, since the Second World War, it's been 60 years and still no WWIII. Why? Because we've used our power generally for the good of the world. For prosperity, order. How can we defend ourselves against nuclear war, terror attacks, cyber attacks, without a central intel factory working around the world night and day?
SNOWDEN: So we should catalogue billions of people's lives?
CORBIN: Most people already catalogue their lives for public consumption.
SNOWDEN: Well, they catalogue part of their lives, and they do it by choice. We're not giving them the choice. We're just taking everything.
CORBIN: Most Americans don't want freedom. They want security. It's a simple bargain.

CORBIN: Where's the modern battlefield soldier?
SNOWDEN: Everywhere.
CORBIN: What's the first rule of battle?
SNOWDEN: Never reveal your position.
CORBIN: And if one unauthorized person knew? If Congress knew?
SNOWDEN: So would the enemy.
CORBIN: That Mr. Snowden, is the state of the world. Secrecy is security and security is victory.

TREVOR: You make it sound criminal man. It's war. It's a job.
CONTRACTOR: Oh I don't know man. Saying jobs can't be criminal?
TREVOR: Not if you're working for the government.
SNOWDEN: You ever heard about the Nuremberg trials, Trev? They weren't that long ago.
TREVOR: Yeah. And we hung the Nazi big shots right?
SNOWDEN: Yeah, well, the big shots were the first trial, but then the next trial were just the judges, and lawyers, and policemen, and guards, and ordinary people just doing their jobs, following orders. That's where we got the Nuremberg principles, which then the UN made into international law, just in case ordinary jobs become criminal again.

SNOWDEN: The fear that I think I have most in regards to the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. In the coming months and the coming years, it'll just get worse. And then eventually, at some point, some new leader will be elected who flips the switch, and the people won't be able to do anything, by that point, to oppose it. And it'll be turnkey tyranny.

SNOWDEN: The people being able to question our government and hold it accountable, that's the principle that the United States of America was founded on. So, if we wanna protect our national security we should be protecting that principle.

SNOWDEN: And when they try to scare us into sacrificing our basic human rights, we won't be intimidated, and we won't give up, and we will not be silenced.

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