Well... let's wait until he actually leaks something sensitive before we go throwing that around. It's not impossible he's a traitor based on what else he's given to Greenwald, but I personally wouldn't make that call at this time.
That's fair, but you have to admit that this colors some of the things he's said.
He's only a traitor if the American public is now the enemy.
...or if he is a spy for the Chinese.
We've entered into a weird postmodern dystopia epoch in world history when our number one trading partner is also "the enemy."
Gosh, it's almost like WWI where two of the largest most interconnected economies in the world were also bitter enemies who nearly destroyed each other.
Or maybe you meant we're actually in 'a weird post-post-modern dystopia epoch' and you're not simply ignorant of history and being hyperbolic...
WWI history doesn't seem as much like the plot of a William Gibson novel as the international incident under discussion does.
Given the assassination plots, spies, mobilization orders, frantic telegraph communications and other things, it does, actually.
WWI is more like a Neal Stephenson novel. I'll admit I never read the Difference Engine, though.
It's not weird, postmodern, or dystopic to have shades of gray between friend and enemy.