News organizations did the right thing by releasing the documents provided to them by Edward Snowden. The actions taken by the NSA were an obvious violation of our right to privacy. If news organizations did not publish the documents provided to them, they would not have fulfilled their duty as reporters and journalists. The documentary portrays the NSA as actively keeping an eye on a large number of individuals. The NSA went as far as getting information from mobile service companies such as Verizon to obtain information. The article describes Snowden’s actions as suicide. If a person is willing to risk his life in order for news organizations to shed light on a matter such as this, it only makes sense for news organizations to put their best foot forward and release the documents to the best of their abilities. The documents were not necessarily detrimental to the government in the sense the publics knowledge of the NSA’s actions does not actually reveal who or what they are keeping an eye on. The reports only reveal our invasion of privacy, not the specific details, which might put certain people in danger. Reporting and releasing the documents is the responsibility of the news organizations as it keeps the government in check.