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Snowden gave up a cushy job, his family and his comfortable life to inform his countrymen of their government's lies and deceit. I can't comprehend how some see him as a villain.

The WSJ had a pretty good piece The Fable of Edward Snowden that paints a less noble picture of Edward Snowden. As you may guess by the title, the author does not share the same opinion of Snowden as you do. But it's still a pretty good read about what he did, particularly while was in Russia... you know enemy #1 (regardless of what Trump says)

And for what it's worth, I'm a big fan of keeping the government in check. A healthy suspicion of what the government is doing is always a good thing. But there are right ways and wrong ways to do it.

Also, a lesser point. Don't give me that cushy job crap like he took that job because of its great pay and benefits. He took it with the full intention of stealing and exposing.

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Posted by SCLibertarian

Conway, South Carolina

Member since Aug 2013

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Posted on 1/17/17 at 2:24 pm to theGarnetWay

Snowden fleeing to Russia makes sense when you look at how our country treats whistleblowers. Had Snowden gone through the proper channels and stayed in the U.S., he would have been arrested and charged under the Espionage Act, a gag order would have been put into effect, Snowden's lawyers would have been prevented from raising public awareness as to the justifications behind the leaks and Snowden would have been prevented from raising a justification defense at trial.

The question isn't why Snowden fled to Russia. Daniel Ellsberg supported this decision given the state of our country. The question is why has the United States become so unfriendly to those seeking to expose secret government programs that they have to flee to an enemy state?

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