>* Snowden is "a serial exaggerator and fabricator" who told a series of untrue stories about his health, education and performance reviews.*
Oh look, propaganda in the form of an ad hominem fallacy.
Oh look, propaganda in the form of an ad hominem fallacy.
Had he gone to Congress he would be considered a whistleblower.
That report is what made me do a 180 on Snowden fyi
Pdf warning: https://www.congress.gov/114/crpt/hrpt891/CRPT-114hrpt891.pd...
1. I don't think whistleblower protection would have applied anyways since what the government was doing was technically legal.
2. Snowden seems like an asshole and a nightmare to work with, but I don't think that should factor in to the credibility of any arguments he makes which are backed up with sufficient evidence.
3. The biggest thing that changed his perception for me was how much he leaked. It would have been better if he had only gone after documents that pertained to privacy of US citizens.
So what it comes down to is would you rather he decide what the public gets to know, or journalists?
I think letting the journalists decide was a decent call. It's what journalists are for.