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The response from my former teacher, Mr. Meyers, included some interesting points. Before I sent the email, I remembered when he first talked about Snowden when I was a student. He had a motive to tell every student that Snowden was a hero (also states in the response.) He showed us the interview of Snowden and why it is important to know. Looking back, Mr. Meyer's perspective on Snowden can be a base for our project as we argue that Snowden is a hero. From privacy to government, Mr. Meyers showed a certain perspective that allows us to expand our thinking for our project. -Joe Nordyke
My email was sent to my Law teacher from high school, Mr. Johnson, who is now the president of the Elgin Teachers Association. I sent him the email because he has a Master's Degree in Law and he would have a valuable statement about this topic. I did not receive a response from him probably because he was very busy with meetings. Continuing with that, he was recently on vacation out of the country. He usually does get back to emails though.
- Ryan Rhode
I sent my email to Judge Mary Beth O'Connor. I sent her an email because she had experience working for the DuPage County court system as a layer and judge for many years. I felt with her degree in law and experience she could give our group insight on how a court room would handle Snowden’s case. I did not receive a response from Judge O’Connor. I think this is because my email may have been too broad without specific questions. She also recently retired and may not check her email as often.
-Megan Schillerstrom
I sent an email to Jack I. Lerner, a law professor at the University of California. His area of focus includes copyright, privacy, technology, media, patent, intellectual property, and freedom of expression law. A recent publication of his on net neutrality originally drew my attention. After researching Mr. Lerner more extensively, I found that he was interviewed about his analysis of documents released by Edward Snowden. I believed he might provide us with some insight to the case. Unfortunately, I did not receive a response from Mr. Lerner. After I had already sent my email on March 12th, I discovered that he was working at a convention held by the South Bay Jewish Law Forum. He served as a panelist for “Security, Privacy & Hacked eMails,” on March 29. I sent. He could have been too busy preparing for the event to have answered my email. Another possible explanation for his silence could be the original version of my email needed work. I still hope to hear back from Mr. Lerner. His analysis and wisdom would be greatly valued.
-Anna Gorman
My letter was sent to my History and Law teacher in High School, Charles Smith. Because of his expertise over history, his first hand knowledge over surveillance, and his masters degree from Illinois State, I felt it was appropriate to reach out and contact him. Because I had contacted him during the time that he would've been on spring break, mixed with the fact that he is in his early 70's and might not be the most technologically savvy individual, the combination of both of those are my main reasons for why I didn't receive a response from him.
- Tim Lally
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