{"id":106,"date":"2016-04-13T00:19:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T00:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.prattsils.org\/snowden\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2016-04-13T00:19:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T00:19:53","slug":"prosecution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/snowden\/prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>OPENING STATEMENT<\/strong><br \/>\nToday we will prove to you without a doubt that Mr. Snowden broke protocol, took the law into his own hands and decided to trade his allegiance to the United States of America for a personal crusade. Justice must be upheld to confirm what is already obvious &#8212; Mr. Snowden is guilty of theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified intelligence information to an unauthorized person. Let me remind you this trial should not be clouded by your feelings about the content of the information Mr. Snowden revealed. Also, whistleblower protection should not be\u00a0considered, as Mr. Snowden revealed information that revealed no illegal activity. He broke the law and there are consequences for his crimes. It&#8217;s as simple as that.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>EXAMINATIONS<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>The following questions will be posed by the Prosecution:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Edward Snowden<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you worked for the NSA, did you steal government documents?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you worked for the NSA, did you communicate national defense documents to unauthorized persons?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you worked for the NSA, did you WILLFULLY communicate classified documents to unauthorized persons?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How long did you wait between sending the whistleblower emails and leaking documents?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Expert Witness Title: Agent from the National Security Agency<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How does the National Security Agency protect the citizens of the United States?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I am handing you a copy of Presidential Policy Directive PPD-19. \u00a0Can you tell me what this directive is about?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who is protected under this directive?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To the best of your knowledge, did Mr. Snowden attempt to report what he considered the NSA\u2019s wrongdoing to anyone within the NSA?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is the NSA subjected to regulatory oversight?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Expert Witness Title: Whistleblower Expert<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A whistleblower is a person that reveals illicit, illegal activity about an organization? Yes or no.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Snowden\u2019s revelations didn\u2019t reveal any illegal activity. By definition, then he wouldn\u2019t qualify for whistleblower protection, correct?<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since Mr. Snowden didn\u2019t follow the correct protocol to report a complaint under the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act, how does he qualify for protection?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CLOSING STATEMENTS<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Edward Snowden is on trial today. \u00a0He is on trial because he took the law into his own hands. \u00a0The NSA is not on trial. However distasteful we may find the NSA\u2019s activity, the fact remains that their activity was not illegal. Mr. Snowden\u2019s activity was, whatever his intentions, against the law. He has admitted to communicating national defense documents. He has admitted to communicating classified documents to unauthorized persons. He has been charged with stealing government property, which he denies, on the grounds that it is not theft, because \u201cthey did it first.\u201d This argument has no legal standing. \u00a0Further, it is the argument of a child and has no place in a court of law. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Snowden committed the most serious compromise of classified information in the history of the U.S. intelligence community. Is he a trained intelligence agent? No. Does he have training in law, diplomacy, or public policy? \u00a0No. \u00a0He may regard himself as a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing information from the government to give to the people. But that is not what he is. \u00a0His theft of, and wholesale, indiscriminate dumping of, classified information had catastrophic consequences. He jeopardized our national security. \u00a0He exposed your records to widespread public scrutiny. He broke the law, he has admitted he broke the law, and he must be found guilty of breaking the law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OPENING STATEMENT Today we will prove to you without a doubt that Mr. Snowden broke protocol, took the law into his own hands and decided to trade his allegiance to the United States of America for a personal crusade. 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