Well, he is a traitor.
Here's the deal, folks, you don't go to work for agencies such as the NSA
without some hint of what they do. It would be like putting in an application at
Walmart because you thought they performed dentistry. This secret organization
has a publicly known goal, one that Snowden was completely content to have.
Edward Snowden's ego propelled his decision to be a leak. There are methods
to becoming a whistle-blower that do not involve consulting Barton Gellman, who
is the patron saint of those who naively believe that the government should not
have secrets at all. And if you had a chance to take a gander at Lindsay
Mills'--Snowden's girlfriend--blog before she deleted it, the thrill of being
viewed as a spy was a form of pillow talk between the two, even though Snowden
is nor ever was a spy. Going to China didn't exactly help his case.
The outrage for this form of collection is amusing at best. In 2006, America
was also outraged by intelligence gathering, then they got bored and moved on to
something else to feed that need to be righteously indignant. Collecting data
isn't new. Even the Patriot Act was just a spit shine on old shoes. Before the
Patriot Act was the 1981 Executive Order 12333. After this administration
vacates the White House, the next one will put another shine on these old shoes,
and the public with be angry on cue, and forget it on cue. When the next
terrorist act happens, they will hand their privacy on a platter faster than
they are already doing on Facebook.
Snowden, you are a traitor. Turn yourself in for a public shellacking by the
government, or you can spend the rest of your life playing a fugitive from the
agents that will undoubtedly find you. As for the Americans that claim to be
outraged, I've got money on how fast your positions will turn when the next Al
Qaeda has organized.
