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According to the speaker, the government operates with access to dark rooms—secretive spaces where sensitive information and surveillance activities take place. These areas are often hidden from public scrutiny, and the powers wielded within them are immense yet largely unchecked. Snowden, seated at his computer terminal, had access to deeply personal data, which—if misused—could lead to severe violations of civil rights and privacy rights protected under the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.