Is Edward Snowden a hero or a traitor? That is the million dollar question!
Snowden, the 29-year-old whistleblower behind the biggest intelligence leak in U.S. history, is the man who called attention to the National Security Agency program that has been monitoring our emails, phone calls and social media communications for nearly a decade.
After 4 years as an employee of the NSA, which included a stint as a technical director for the CIA, Snowden blew his security clearance and went public with news of the monitoring program. Now, the debate is on, challenging if Snowden should be lauded as a national hero for making the general public aware of the program, or if he should be vilified as a traitor.
Some say Snowden is a hero for giving up his high paying job, his national security clearance and his own personal safety for the sake of public interest. They argue that the public may have never known of the snooping program had Snowden not had the guts to unselfishly come forward and risk it all for his fellow American citizens. For this, he should be congratulated.
However, others are calling Snowden a national traitor for his rogue actions. They argue that if he were a real hero, he would stayed in America after blowing the whistle and taken whatever punishment he was due like a man. Instead, he is hiding out somewhere in Hong Kong, is seeking asylum from a foreign country and is being courted by China and Russia, who are each eager to protect him in exchange for providing them with vital secret U.S. data that he may have had access to.
So who’s right… is Edward Snowden a hero or a traitor?
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I'm going for trator. I agree if he was a hero he wouldn't be hiding trying to protect himself. He's just a snitch. If he sells info to some government then he's a enemy.