No, he didn't - he illegally leaked 1.5 million documents, most of which had specifics on actual foreign governments like Russia and China, North K, etc. And terrorists, nothing was shown to be wrong-doing, and nothing he didn't seek the appropriate whistleblowing channels.

what about spying on UNICEF, G20 summit, bugging Merkel's phone? are these not wrongdoings?

The only harm he did, was to expose how Obama has not only been spying illegally on his own people, but all his so called "Friends" around the world too. Been 3 years, no one's started WW3. Things continued on as if it was no big deal. The sun didn't explode. The NSA are still tapping into everyone's dirty little lives to get their jollies. Trump - Give this guy his pardon, he's helping drain the swamp. You should hire him too.

It actually hasn't been spying on any US citizens. FAA Section 702 targets non-US persons under investigation for terrorism. Patriot act's section 215 collected bulk meta data - but is not protected under the 4th as it isn't content of any communication, nor are there any personal identifiers. Also, to be requested such BR documents a person must be under investigation.

Ummm, yep and you betcha! AKA... word my brother!

Learn how to use commas, pal. And something taking courage doesn't make it right. It might take a lot of courage to fly a plane into a building, but I wouldn't celebrate the people who do it.

Teddy Graham There is a big difference, between murdering thousands of people and letting citizens know that thier tax dollars, are going to an agency, that spies on them. Despite what you might think, there is nothing more patriotic, than standing up to your own government, for the very citizens, it claims to serve. Unlike yourself, most citizens don't want to live in an Orwelllian society.

My point is not that he's a murderer. It is simply that something being courageous is not sufficient to make something automatically "right".

But he is right. People have a right to know, where there tax money is going, expecially if it's to a nefarious program, designed to spy on them.

I was actually being helpful earlier. You need to get to grips with how commas are used because you are using them far too much. The issue with what he did is that it compromised sensitive methods which the intelligence services use to safeguard us from deadly threats. It is clear that we knew where the money was going; we simply did not know how it was being used. We have to expect a little bit of discretion as to the disclosure of sensitive information.

I agree. But look what happened to him..

@@Nobody-dm2ol No good deeds goes "unpunished".!

hes a villain because he broke the law. Not throwing my opinion, he simply broke the law and will most likely go to jail for a long time.

He's not a villian, but please let's not act like Kennedy was a great moral compass.

@@deprogramm i think that the word villain cant correlate with the law. If you take the Holocaust, were you now a villain that you broke the law and never exposed a fellow Jew.,

Sadly true

The Great Drake Scary huh?

"suicide" mysteriously

the american way

Dave Polynice very old and very very happy, hopefully. Let’s hope that us too. With the only difference that he won’t ever be truly dead, ‘cos that’s what happens with turly human heros! Long life, Snowden! THANK YOU!

A lot of countries don't. It was probably a lot easier for whistleblowers prior to 9/11, but after that day Americans became extremely paranoid,

Because then everybody would blow their whistles :)

alter3go haha

B/c they don't see the line they have crossed, or the're crooked!

I would be ok with a law protecting whistleblower like this one when the government was the one breaking the law, but only if the government did something wrong otherwise is treason

ain't that the World!

Indeed

How is that bizarre? Literally all organized crime syndicated are very protective and competitive over territory and their organization. Anyone who is a threat to them, they want harmed or killed. I see no difference here. The politicians want to keep their secretive empire in their control. so when some previously unknown person comes to try to destroy the facade of security, they go batshit crazy.

And our soon to be President wants the same. What is Trump hiding?

Chris C. That's because Trump has a lot to hide.

I’ll salute to that, my friend. Couldn’t agree more

Badass

And an accomplice to murder to boot!

OtakuMainer not a bit of data he released caused harm to anyone. If it had those dead soldiers would be paraded as evidence of Snowden's treachery. But not a single assertion to that point has been made, really all the intelligence agencies have said is that it harmed diplomatic relations, which it did, but only cause we were fucking spying on all our goddamned allies. Here: news.vice.com/article/official-reports-on-the-damage-caused-by-edward-snowdens-leaks-are-totally-redacted

From what I've seen, they didn't even find anything that is even extremely incriminating, and Trump has much more issues than her.

Larry Bran mmhmm..

He just made the government look bad. Thats the only damage he has done and it is considered patriotism for doing so.

Accipiter when those criminals have all the power yes it is.

Yes sir. Clearly it is...if it’s outside of their interests...then it is criminal

No it's a crime to steal national secrets, share national secrets, and engage in espionage and treason against the United States of America

Yes it is, according to the criminals anyway. And they are the ones who have most of the power. So if he goes back they will not give him a fair trial. They will find him guilty and lock him up. And very possibly torture him. They probably ideally want him dead. And they want to convince people that he is a traitor and a bad person.

nfcoard They'll find him guilty and lock him up because he's guilty lmao. The reason he doesn't come back isn't because he can't get a fair trial, that's bullshit, it's because he knows he's fucking guilty.

Yvng OG yes

If justice is served he will get the death penalty. Now i know its not our fault if we dont catch him because hes in Russia feeding them information from the nsa but maybe someday he will be an idiot and come back

@@goodrug688 And now I wonder how a human can be as stupid and ignorant as you are.

Dexter - how am I ignorant for wanting a criminal to get whats coming. Its against the law to steal top secret information from the government. Thats not ignorant thats being American. If we just let this guy go other people will start doing what he did.

@@goodrug688 Yes, what he did was illegal, but he was the one who showed us that our government has violated our right to anonymity. Also, he should not be punished but rewarded. Because in this case, the rules established by our government are not relevant. If you do not recognize that, you are very superficial and that would mean that you are stupid and ignorant.

@skills1ent Pentagon Papers

skills1ent The gov has had these spy capabilities even before 9/11 and couldn’t stop it. The gov has had the Patriot Act and emboldened the NSA for domestic spying and yet they can’t stop domestic terrorism. There is no geopolitical reason or domestic security that they are preserving. They are just violating the constitution to overreach with their authority.

skills1ent Being fallacious doesn’t change the fact that the gov spying hasn’t been effective in protecting people (as evident by the mass shooting epidemic) so it’s clearly just used to invade your private life. You can’t have agency if you’re not allowed to live privately. I’m sure you wouldn’t want me to know all your contacts, read all your emails etc., even if everything is innocent simply because I’m some random person you don’t know or trust. So why would you disregard that just because some official gov bureaucrat whose institutions have been mired in corruption?

I agree. He runs rings around most people.

Lol you really think the people in the government would ? Just look at who is running the country. Be realistic

Pellegrino Aqua of course I don't think it would happen. I'm just saying it should, not that it will. There is a difference.

MegaVergan It should but it wont sadly

Pellegrino Aqua Yeah unfortunately. Especially with King Trump going to be president.

MegaVergan what have done to be pardoned ? he did the right thing

Yeah and the Bible says “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately Sick, who can understand it?” (jeremiah 17:9). This “Example” is a foolish one and an unwise one to follow then.

Example???? What is the example? Expose every flaw of the US government, move to Russia and help the world's most undemocratic regime INTERFERE IN THE 2016 ELECTION? Is that heroic to you?

ok you're obviously not my target demographic. nvm

red drib+ Keep up.. the Russians donated to Hilary clinton and she gave them URANIUM!

lol Edward Snowden stumbled upon morally questionable information and instead of using it as leverage to work alongside intel workers, politicians and businesses, he exposed US intel potential to the world then moved to Russia. That's running away from duty not being a hero. He should have reformed the system, not offer himself to the services of an undemocratic regime. I mean, there's nothing preventing Putin from coercing him into espionage, he would have no option in fact but to be complicit to Putin.

Mr Shah right

Alvar Huotari with a name like yours do you think America wants you to support them

Yourmothers Left testicle agreed! And Snowden done something that no one can and will because of scare of their own life!

As a citizen it's his job to protest against the government when it isn't working. There's nothing to forgive. You know what I mean?

MYSTERY READER (the original) This is different.

eec if you believe that even a small fraction of this has to do with party politics, you're really missing the forest in the trees.

Tim Buckley What the hell are you talking about. I didn't mention politics, I was just talking about Snowden.

eec Well, America is better than any other country on Earth.

Nikhil Verma Yeah, okay. And? You just quote the video to prove you watched it or is there a point to this?

I quoted to emphasize on it

lol chelsea, he's a man. born a man, not a woman.

shame came to them, not harm

Nikhil Verma u know about hacking

If he went trans, Biden would pardon him.

dont worry ! as long he stay in Russia he is the most protected men on earth second only to Putin . the FSB is protectim him 24/7

Walrus Gaming pardon? did you mean asylum? he will get asylum indefinitely

EyeLean5280 I wouldn't worry to much President Putin will let no hsrm come to a great man fighting for all.

xfactor541 you must be a Hillary supporters

Mikhail Kalashnikov Hillary Clinton is the literal anti-christ.... Trump is not any better.

agreed. maybe dumb as well.

TRAIDOR?Really Kathy Couric? I think you are old enough to know whos doing more damages to the country and the world because you too do not have honesty, transparency nor courage to ask honest questions that come from you but more from your ABC boss who tells you what to say and what not to say.... All of your answers sound more like CIA agent type of interogation because these sound more for government to review-NOT what people really wana ask Snowden Snowden is letting people know what he is doing for the benefit of people. Meanwhile on the other hand, are politicians doing same thing for me and the rest of the people around this globe? God Bless you Snowden. An example of honesty, transparency and courage. Something NO PRESIDENT HAS THEESE QUALITIES ANYMORE

xfactor541 well. Said my boi

Are you going to protect him or are you another net-tough-guy, speaking mountains, but will not leave the basement... I mean command center?

@@russellwilliams4317 defend him at any cost

@@faker5663 Leave the basement and prove it OR you are just another talker.

Don't be a fool! They never stopped.

Dr WhatYourFace Without him we wouldn't know they were spying on us, without knowing it how could things be changed.

And the people of the USA can have GUNS to protect them against the government....... LOL NOT. People in the USA only use guns to shoot at themselfs. The GUNS where there to protect from the government. But people don't use them. So weird.

Peter Taste but without him we wouldn't know

Derka Derka no shit we're still being spied on but without him we wouldn't have known and now if your smart you'll be safe on your phone and online in general.

ElRadioDJ913 you must be a Hillary supporters

Since when did hero's hide?

since when is living in a country that protects you from being extradited to the USA hiding? Use your brain if you have one.

f budd He had a choice to live other countries, he happen to go to America's enemy, Russia... And that doesn't send any red flags to you? Heroes take it up the ass, not cower.

As Snowden says and as the well-documented record reflects, he DID NOT CHOOSE Russia. He was trapped in a Moscow airport terminal during a flight stopover hoping to find political asylum elsewhere but was refused permission to leave, and after a month in the airport they decided to keep him & offer "temporary" asylum. He had no documents with him once he left the Guardian journalists in Hong Kong. Look into it.

he's a hero. Very brave and righteous. I didn't even know there were people like that with that kind of power anymore

Yes his ideology matches with the character of Captain America.

mike kenneth no

kalashnikov enlighten us

Heroes are cowards all of a sudden?

He's a coward because he didn't want the American government to do things to the American people that are not morally/lawfully correct? Right.

mike kenneth hero lmao we must diff opinion on the definition of hero

That’s a MAN, He said I will do again if I have opportunity, No Regret!

Nicholas Petrov exactly, he just wants the nsa shut down because they are in the wrong for what they did.

but he cant leave Russia until Trump gives him full protection. he better stay in Russia.... and he knows it. because the FSB is not such a shithole like the CIA

they are spying on you too , in fact . If u have a Google Accound A fb Page an Instagram Or are using a smart phone You are being Spyed

Right on!

@@bohdan90 better tell your mother that.. She may be interested

@@rubbish9231 lmao not everyone does that

Oh pegasus is here! Released by Snowden himself, and our beloved indian government is at forefront of this.

EDWARD SNOWDEN AND ROBERT - BOBY FISHER ARE ONLY WHITE MEN WHO DO NOT HAVE ANY FEAR AND SPIT IN PUBLIC IN THE FACES OF ULTRA DEGENERATED SYSTEM WHICH THEY MANAGED TO ESCAPE.

Will Hanz

your eyes have been opened!

right on!

research means watched the movie once a sheep aways a sheep

It takes common sense to know what our Government is actually doing. This leak wasn't a surprise. Our Government has done a load of shady things in the past.

Because the punishment we may receive is little compared to the positive outcome for our families and children when shining a light on something that is wrong.

*they

He looks Jewish to me?....Maybe a bit of controlled opposition...?

bishal thakur if all the real Americans that want to make a better honest future in general were to unite and take on these heathens, it would be beyond revolutionary. Real Americans are smart and have unlimited potential to take one anything

Sounds like St. John chapter 8 verse 40. Now you know why those in power killed the man called Jesus 2000 years ago for telling people the truth about them. Then they took his words, turned them into a watered down version of what he really said, turned it into a religion, and killed all of our minds.

yoshihiro watanabe because he leaked how we catch people who do illegal thing. Nobody is looking at a computer and watching what you are doing right now

Yeah, NSA totally not spying on Brazilian Oil company on behalf of private US corporations. Pull your head out of your ass. As for Snowden: He shouldn't be pardoned. There is nothing he should be pardoned for. He should be paid hard cash for what he did.

AWZool Presidential Award.

yoshihiro watanabe yes!

yoshihiro watanabe Whatever happened to Edward Snowden?

Fernando Viaña Honor, Man of Honor.Drive, Values. and Hero didn't turn a blind eye, " Stood Tall"

Both legal and right! They didn't obeid by the law the feds, Cia, NSA. they didn't follow rule of land and justice under our US constitution!! fucking A right its America Ed!! and I aint quitting!

I say Snowden did the right thing in his heart, but he had a " duty to protect the citizens under the Constitution!" He did his job above and beyond the Call of Duty

A hero who elected DONALD TRUMP

i love traders

Nobody loves traders more than me. Better believe it.

How do you feel about Trader Joe's? They have some good deals.

Lots of traders in fallout 4.

Tommy Bones Do you think he will be happy to make trade deals with the U.K, following the Brexit vote?

Hydro yep

Hydro I watch Snowden as much as possible. before, and after the movie.

Hydro meee

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Nope

Only in a fair world.

CyphaBorg because of the strength and history of America making it the greatest country on earth we should be upset that the greatest country on earth has such severe gray areas

furballbear Trump is definitely not going to pardon him. Did you watch the video? He hates Snowden.

Any man who hates Snowden is no friend of mine.

Both presidents are not for humanity!

@@fionacornish3409 Maybe Biden will pardon Snowden before leaving office.

same

daddyfatsack68 me too

So does the American government

Nice try FBI

And there's so many more just like him too scared to risk their career

so hes a villain?

Julian Assange too is heroheroheroherohero

multiply you with a billion and you will got it.

Dk Kevorkian Trump said he's a traitor who should be executed.

Connor Dunn no, a journalist paraphrased him saying that. he did call him a traitor. and said we needed to get him back(put him in jail) because he embarrassed the US.

Dk Kevorkian He said he should recieve the punishment of a traitor which usually is the death penalty, although he didn't say word for word that he would use the death penalty. Although I don't think Snowden should be pardoned.

Connor Dunn He deserves no worse of punishment than Hillary Clinton.

Dk Kevorkian They both deserve to be punished.

Yes, patriotic. Releases information about government spying, and ends up in Russia. True hero of the cause comrade.

+HDaviator oh. i'm sorry would you rather him stay in the us and get executed for telling you that your government does somethings that goes against the constitution

Heroes are not cowards that hide. A hero would be facing prosecution for his crimes. He's no hero... And you're being over dramatic. He wouldn't be executed.

He wasn't going to be executed lol.

you wouldn't want to be taking it from the back either in prison if you were in his place.

Ryan Koehler how would u all know NSA has been spying on the american people and the rest of the world without him? Hes the biggest hero of the new millennium

Well if you posit courage and conviction, and if you accept that he was trying to advance the public interest as he saw it, then hero pretty much falls in place.

Vivek Rao yes.

The term hero is relative. Courage and conviction are not. We may argue over what makes a hero but we all recognise courage and conviction when we see it.

You guys forget how Snowden expose how much control we have with China and Japan lol .. yes a hero sadly a tratior too d:

Yawg I want him to serve life in gitmo

They don't have to, under the patriot act they have the discretion to lable anyone a terrorist. Detain them for however long and all of your rights go out the window.