PHI 2397 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gattaca, Microorganism, John Kenneth Galbraith

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Famous film director with a very controversial reputation. When he was in his mid 20s, during the depression years 1934 to 1936, he had been a member of the. American communist party in new york, for a year and a half. In april 1952, the committee called on kazan, under oath, to identify communists from that period 16 years earlier. Former employee of the central intelligence agency (cia) and former contractor for the national. Came to international attention when he disclosed thousands of classified documents to several media outlets revealing operational details of global surveillance programs run by the nsa. United states army soldier who was convicted in 2013 of violations of the espionage act and other offenses, after releasing the largest set of classified documents ever leaked to the public. Wikileaks: an outlet for anonymous informing where the informer can avoid the cost of retaliation.