by Phil Butler, New Eastern Outlook:

Definitions: “impunity, noun, the exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.”

In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked information from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) about massive surveillance being carried out on individuals, companies, and governments on a global scale. Snowden released to the media millions of documents and kept essential files to prove his allegations that U.S. agencies, especially the NSA, operate with impunity, spying on anyone in the agency’s sights. Even though Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing unveiled heinous operations by the NSA in close cooperation with three of its four Five Eyes partners: Australia’s ASD, the U.K.’s GCHQ, and Canada’s CSEC, no heads rolled.