There has been a lot of debate about whether NSA leaker Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor. It ought to be pretty much settled by Snowden's appearance with Vladimir Putin on Russian television. I was leaning toward "traitor" from early on. While I was happy that some of the information on mass surveillance was leaked so the public could have an informed debate about it, I was suspicious of the fact that Snowden promptly decamped to China and then to Russia—two countries with long records of using surveillance as a means of oppressing their people, who were clearly interested only in using Snowden as a propaganda point against America. Which Snowden could have and should have known.
Edward Snowden, Useful Idiot
Edward Snowden, Useful Idiot
Edward Snowden, Useful Idiot
There has been a lot of debate about whether NSA leaker Edward Snowden is a hero or a traitor. It ought to be pretty much settled by Snowden's appearance with Vladimir Putin on Russian television. I was leaning toward "traitor" from early on. While I was happy that some of the information on mass surveillance was leaked so the public could have an informed debate about it, I was suspicious of the fact that Snowden promptly decamped to China and then to Russia—two countries with long records of using surveillance as a means of oppressing their people, who were clearly interested only in using Snowden as a propaganda point against America. Which Snowden could have and should have known.