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Exposing government secrets, as illustrated in Permanent Record, can present several challenges. Firstly, individuals may face legal repercussions, as they are essentially breaking the law by leaking classified information. This could lead to imprisonment or other penalties. Secondly, they may face professional consequences, such as losing their job or being blacklisted in their industry. Thirdly, they may face personal consequences, such as threats to their safety or the safety of their loved ones. Lastly, they may face ethical dilemmas, as they must decide whether the public's right to know outweighs the potential harm that could come from exposing the information.
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By the time Snowden joined, the intelligence community had increasingly taken to hiring temporary contract workers from the private sector. Most open positions were through private companies. For example, the company COMSO employed Snowden on paper, but his real work was at the CIA headquarters. Snowden was responsible for maintaining CIA servers, including top-secret cryptography servers in the United States. He soon shifted to working for the CIA directly as a Telecommunication Information Security Officer. These officers were responsible for maintaining every part of the CIA's technical infrastructure hidden inside American embassies abroad, from computers to solar panels. At the end of his training, Snowden was posted to Geneva, which had sophisticated targets like UN Agencies and International Organizations, including the World Trade Organization. Most of this spy work was technological. During the 2008 global recession, Snowden saw how Geneva flourished with money flooding Swiss...
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