While some detest WikiLeaks and others approve of what it does, WikiLeaks does provide insightful and, often times, secret information to the American public and around the world. While the founder of WikiLeaks is based out of Europe, a large portion of the information provided by the non-profit website is U.S. based.
WikiLeaks provided a substantial amount of information on the Hillary Clinton emails during the presidential election. Democrats wanted to say Russia was behind the leaks, but realistically, when emails are sent via a non-government account, just about anyone with the resources can access the information. In a recent information dump known as Vault 7, WikiLeaks released information based on how the CIA spies on U.S. citizens.
Spying on citizens is nothing new for governments. Since the creation of an established government and ruler, monitoring subordinates has been a thing. As technology has improved, so too has the way governments monitoring of its citizens.
In the United States, this has occurred since before the American Revolution. It continued on through both world wars and reached new heights during the Cold War. Following 9/11, government monitoring came under the spotlight and has served as a lightening rod for views both for and against the covert spying operations.
It is important to understand many, if not most industrial nations monitor its citizens. The U.K more or less invented modern government espionage, while Germany (especially West Germany) participated in the process throughout the Cold War and likely still does in some shape or form. So how exactly is the CIA spying on us? Check out the video to learn more.
