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Surveillance vs. Privacy Rages On, 2 Years After Snowden

It’s been exactly two years since the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden stole and leaked hundreds of documents to the media about the United States’ spy and surveillance programs. Since then, the debate over security versus privacy has raged across the globe. VOA’s Henry Ridgwell looks at the continuing fallout from the revelations.

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