The "T" word

A few blow hards on both sides of the politcal isle are throwing around the word traitor like it was hello. These constitutional titans seem to have forgotten innocent until proven guilty. Edward Snowden according to them has sold states secrets to China and Russia, and Al-Qaeda has already improved it's ability to thwart NSA spying. The smears on what Snowden was doing began fast and furious. New agencies were releasing silly pictures of him calling them "embarrassing".

The media jumped on his lack of formal education. Yes the hig school drop out was able to gain access to the most secret programs on earth and run, just shows you how much you really need American education. The state is no longet aftet him because he broke the law, they are after him because he has made the NSA and the federal government look weak and comical.

Snowden must be a trekkie, remember the quote when Spock was dying in the warp reactor chamber. "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one". Isn't that what this man is doing. Having seen the and understood the illegality of this Orwellian monstrosity, he made a brave choice to expose it. I've heard the argument that he should have gone through proper channels.

What would the government have done to him in secret? Where would he be now after going to supervisors and higher ups complaining of the ethics and legal issues with Prism and 215 and other NSA spying on Americans programs? Gone, disappears, at least now whatever happens the world knows. The US government can't hide behind a rendition. My question to you all is this, how could he have broken the law exposing an illegal program? Are the contracts and agreements he signed to work for NSA worth the paper they are written on if they were based in falsehoods and criminal activities?

I wonder who will represent him in his trial? What happens if he is given asylum? How much more does he have to tell us about what our government was doing to us? Even the reporter is being attacked. Congressman Peter King from New York is asking for a James Rosen type investigation on the reporter that broke the story. We cannot and must not allow our goverment to continue down this road to a police state.