For not using a condom when he fucked a CIA whore they sent him.

Sure, they are not going to prosecute him. They'll just kill him.

I think all global social networks are evil because they give the information to the selected few. So much of the sensitive information in the hands of the selected few is risky and can give a lot of trouble, maybe even tragedies up to the end of the civilization.

He's not a filter machine, actually no one is. He did what he thought was right. Forget about the law for the law permits you to start wars and to interfere with people's privacy. The whole system is illegal because they violated the Constitution. And what is enemy? I do believe that the enemy is Saudi princes, but the US officials treat them as close friends. Who is your enemy? Who is the enemy of the American people? Who tells you to think that somebody is your enemy? Hey? Are you free or a slave to be told anything to believe? Last I checked the enemy was Al-Qaeda but the US shipped them with weapons to overthrow Asad. Crazy. You really don't know who your enemy is. And who your friend is. As for me I'd welcome the US remain as free as it used to be. Why? Because many countries copy your worst behavior. Actually you have no choice. You think Snowden is to blame? You've got no resources left to carry on with that game of the total control. So relax. P.S. So the American ppl can't control neither the president nor the Congress. Yes, that's sadly true. Btw the term 'enemy' is applicable only at war. You'd better start wondering when that war is going to be over at last.

He's no court whatsoever to sort out what is 'legal' (according to all the lawlessness of spies' practice) and what is not. And he had no chance of revealing it. Instead he put it to the public to decide, for you personally. Should he have kept it a secret? Knowing that your country is being abused and is becoming the opposite of what it were and what it were meant for, if you are an honest man, you should tell it to be heard with a proof. Did he sell anything to an enemy? No. He openly brought it before the American people. To tell your own people that your country is in danger is treason? I don't think so. And once again, without privacy the USA is dead. It does not matter if he told some of secrets of the 'intelligence', because the 'intelligence' is not the United States and frankly 'intelligence' is quite the reverse of it. P.S. You don't support war but the USA makes ceaseless wars nevertheless. So what's wrong with you?

What if the guy who committed a mass shooting saved a baby who later saved millions of lives? :-) Snowden did save you. But for him, you would soon be in jail for any of your petty mistakes. Because they watch you all along, they listen to you, they monitor you, they read you. I'd suggest you listen to Ron Paul or Chomsky to understand and correct your conclusions. Personally, I think that all of that mass surveillance will lead to the total control. And while you don't mind it, you can't even start imagining what that will mean for you. The total control you defend is worse than slavery because it's going to be everywhere all the time. Defend your right to privacy while you still can. P.S. Don't make so many wars and there would not be so much hatred for the US government. Peace.

He'll be remembered in history as a Saviour of the planet who has tried to save every one on earth from the total surveillance and total control. Also, the USA with the total surveillance and total control from the 'intelligence' is no longer the United States of America as it was viewed by the founding fathers. The violation of the Constitution and deprivation of freedom literally turn the USA into a police state of some kind. Snowden tried to help the United States to stay free. The traitors form the haughty 'intelligence' ruin and turn the country into a state of fear, a state of watching, a state of general suspicion. There's no United States without privacy. Try to understand that.

Compare Snowden's faults with the foul abuse of Constitution and civil liberties, for that large scale abuse should be stopped first before paying attention to petty mistakes of Snowden. The NSA should not have been engaged in illegal activities in the first place.

No other government from other countries can afford a surveillance on the whole planet's population scale. The NSA surveillance is very close to TOTAL. That's very bad.

Snowden worked for the American people on a first-priority basis. He gave the information to the people and he gave it directly to the people through journalists and the free press. I think he was right and it was very brave to do it. Yes, he violated the rules but you know sometimes you have to break rules to be a decent citizen for your country. The rules are unconstitutional btw. The traitors are the NSA who stole the people's information, abused it and misused it.

Leave the global total control to the United States, no other country can afford that scale of surveillance of every one.

And who's to blame? If the US had not been so restrictive for the internet activities and so meddling and watching, snooping, there would be no such hassle about it.

If I had to go to prison for 50+ year, I too would want to leave free.

Is it really true? My ISP is good enough to let me visit the library but I am not in the US. It's so unbelievable.

I don't understand on what grounds the disclosure?