re: #262 triple

Snowden is an american hero, and it’s kind of sad the government has made you believe he isn’t.

Snowden lost the distinction of “american hero” the moment he illegally gained access to documents that he had absolutely no right to obtain, nor view. The fact that when confronted with this he decided to hop to nations that would be at best considered adversarial to the United States didn’t help out his case at all.

There’s a fairly well-defined chain of actions involved in whistle-blowing when it concerns classified national security documents. Handing over said documents to an attention-starved blogger is pretty damned far down the list.
Turning to a foreign government (especially China and Russia)? That’s just freaking insane.

Hint: Step ONE: Contact an attorney, preferrably one who is well-versed in handling of whistleblowing and classified matters. They do exist.
Step Two: Listen to that attorney.