One has to ask why telling the truth is treason? We protect our criminal class (aka congress and elected officials) from scrutiny? Then we have forgotten what our Founders warned each of us of.
The problem is that Snowden took far, far more than information relating to domestic spying programs. He took stuff that could significantly shift the intelligence advantage from our country to any other that gets its hands on it. Stuff that could endanger a great many lives.
When the NSA guy on "60 Minutes" says that he took the keys to the kingdom, believe it.
he exposed classified material to those unauthorized to possess it, a crime. he exposed it to the KGB/GRU/FSB whomever. an even bigger crime.
he’s also guilty of being a miserable little weasel sellout by running off to our two main geopolitical rivals China and Russia.
he’s not a hero, he’s a little s$%t.