Digging Deeper

Hello everyone,

So the rigorous research process continues. Prior to beginning my research, I created an outline of questions I must answer in order for this podcast to be successful. After our most recent lecture, the concept of ‘knowns’ and ‘unkowns’ is making me take a whole new approach in terms of research.

            So far, I have found two scholarly articles from the Worldwide Political Science Abstracts section of the Security Studies Database. I was successful in finding information pertaining to the NSA, its history, and its methods of surveillance.

Scholarly Sources (so far)

Wong, Katherine. “The NSA Terrorist Surveillance Program.” Harvard Journal on Legislation 43.2 (2006): 517-534. Print.

Grundel, Olaf. “NSA. Anatomy of the Most Powerful Intelligence Service in the World.” WeltTrends. 51.1 (2006): 161-164. Print.

What I am looking for in my scholarly sources is documented cases and detailed accounts as to how the NSA’s surveillance tactics infringe on the privacy of an individual. I will be examining sources found in the Information Technology and Political Science databases as well, to examine the technological and political implications of such surveillance methods.

These are the popular sources I have gathered thus far:   

Cornwell, Rupert. “Edward Snowden is a modern American hero.” The Independent. 10 June 2013: A2. Print.

Runciman, David. “The Snowden Files by Luke Harding-review.” The Guardian. 13 February 2014: G4. Print.

I will be looking for more popular articles on US National Security and National Defence. I may study NPR’s political podcast entitled, “Intelligence Squared.” This podcast examines all global political controversies making news today. I will continue to find more articles from The Guardian, as they have an entire section dedicated to Edward Snowden.

Reading week is about to begin. Time to get some serious research done!