I don’t view Snowden as a hero. He did defect to MOSCOW after all.
One interpretation is that Snowden is a traitor who defected to Moscow. Another interpretation is that he is a concerned but naive whistleblower who had to flee to the safety of Moscow.
I’m guessing that the second interpretation is more likely.
I am wondering if the whole wiki-leaks debacle had gone differently if Snowden would have felt safer staying the USA......
There was a lot of questionable crap around Julian Assange, while he is no saint, there were al lot of low shots aimed at him...
Also look at Michael Hastings.... Funny how the people who made his car haven;t issued a recall for the car he was driving being how it seems they seeming explode blowing out the engine for no reason whatsoever....
As Michael Corleone might say, “Who’s being naive here?”
What reason is there to think that USG is more worthy of respect than Russia’s? Despite its long history of worthiness, USG is no longer above reproach. Snowden did what he had to do to avoid a miserable, tortured solitary confinement in a secret prison. Russia was a better option.