I don’t think these revelations have Snowden’s name on them. He’s just the whistleblower. The documents actually have the *NSA’*s name on them. They reveal what the NSA itself says when they think no one else is looking. So we can have a pretty high degree of trust in their accuracy and authenticity…
I truly can’t understand those who don’t like Snowden or don’t consider him a hero. We’re in the midst of a massive, worldwide debate about ubiquitous, unaccountable totalitarian surveillance, some of which has just been declared likely unconstitutional in a U.S. court. The entire debate has clearly been kickstarted by Snowden’s revelations. How is he not a whistleblower and hero of the first rank?
