It is an interesting question. My personal view is that Snowden was right to leak the information. If Citizens privacy is being abused by the government in the name of security, the public should at the very least be informed about it.
However, I don't think Snowden handled it very well. He should have stayed in the country and pushed through the backlash. If he was right, the American people would have his back. He would be tried for releasing classified information, but it would have elevated him to a huge stature here in America. If he had stayed and actually gotten jail time, I doubt it would have been for very long. There would be protests and eventually the politicians would have come to back him as well as it would have been the popular thing to do. He chose to flee instead. It has kind of revealed an interesting hypocrisy in his character. He released the information in the name of freedom, but yet he is seeking asylum in some of the least free countries in the world.
Basically, I think releasing the information and getting the message to the people was appropriate, but I think the messenger and his actions afterwards was flawed.
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