A Good American (2015)

09/23/2015 (AT) • Documentary • 1h 40m

How our security was sold for money

Overview

A Good American tells the story of the best code-breaker the USA ever had and how he and a small team within NSA created a surveillance tool that could pick up any electronic signal on earth, filter it for targets and render results in real-time while keeping the privacy as demanded by the US constitution.

A Good American (2015)

09/23/2015 (AT) • 1h 40m

Documentary

How our security was sold for money

Overview

A Good American tells the story of the best code-breaker the USA ever had and how he and a small team within NSA created a surveillance tool that could pick up any electronic signal on earth, filter it for targets and render results in real-time while keeping the privacy as demanded by the US constitution.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

government

bureaucracy

espionage

spy

greed

illegality

national security agency (nsa)

conspiracy

surveillance

9/11

whistleblower

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