Heh, well usatoday is mainstream media. If you're going to find anyone who thinks all this NSA stuff should have stayed secret for "the good of the nation", that's where you'll find 'em.
I'm just glad that a mainstream site like usatoday is bold enough to give this award to him.
Perhaps it is mainstream media but that university student who thinks today's Russia is a communist country is taking the cake.
Most of the anti-Snowden stuff seems to get a fair amount of push-back. Agree with what others have said though, in choosing him as Tech Person of the Year isn't a high enough "honor".