A must watch

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 2017)

For those of you who follow the news, Edward Snowden will need no introduction. For those of you who don't follow the news, Snowden is either a traitor who committed treason, or a whistle blowing hero who awakened the world to global cyber spying. The movie is Snowden's story. It begins when he was training to be a Special Forces soldier and was forced to quit due to a life altering leg injury. Still very much a patriot, Snowden joins the CIA. A computer genius, he helps to develop programs with disturbing consequences. Disenfranchised, Snowden leaves the CIA and gets involved with the NSA. In time, he steals classified material and flees initially to Hong Kong where he contacts journalists (See the film Citizen Four). He later ends up in Russia where he was give political asylum.
I think the story of Snowden is one of the most important films of this era and people should be discussing the implications of cyber spying. People need to know that Snowden is a patriot of the United States and he did what he did because he loves his country and the people in it. By becoming a whistle-blower, Snowden lost everything including his country. For him and me, spying on people is not okay; I don't care how it is justified. It is a small step from knowing what everyone is doing every minute of the day, to complete global fascism which Nazi Germany could easily have achieved. Regardless of your standpoint, I urge everyone to see this film. At least then you will have Snowden's perspective, as opposed to just the official narrative.