[emptyparadise]

Snowden is stuck in a lose-lose position. Do you choose to go behind bars or do you embrace the hypocrisy in the hope that you can still do some good?

This is the interpretation I choose to believe, until I see any proof to the contrary. Ultimately his whistle-blowing was a good thing.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

He would have had whistleblower protection had he gone to Congress with his findings.

It could have been win-win

[LunaSea]

You're very naive if you think this would have worked.

Look at what happens to other whistleblowers destiny.

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

I've worked in defense and I've worked in intelligence collection in the service before that. We might disagree but I don't think I'm naive on this topic.

Whistleblower protections are set up in such a way as to protect the whistleblower. This means you don't hear about a majority of whistleblowers.

We can agree to disagree since we are ultimately arguing a hypothetical (what would have happened) but I think Snowden should have at least tried to go that route.