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Comment by MattBearman | Hacker News Reader

You say that like it's a bad thing.

    Traitor (noun)

    a person who betrays someone or something, such as a friend, cause, or principle.

Damn right he's a traitor, but only a traitor to the US government. To millions of people (like me) he's a hero.

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And where were people like you several years ago when the laws were signed that allow the government to tap into network lines?

A hero and their army are useless when they're late to the war.

I don't honor traitors, but go ahead and worship him all you want.

Where was I? School

In the Netherlands. Being non-US, like 97% of the world, I am not allowed to vote on all those US-policies that shape my life.

I was protesting then, too. They didn't listen. I'm still protesting, but now a lot more people are aware of what's going on.

And, I'd like to point out: Not everything the NSA has been doing is legal, even according to the terrifyingly broad laws put in place during the panic after 9/11.

If you're going to wave around the "T" word...the traitors are in our government. They're the ones who would give up liberty for the illusion of safety. Also, Benedict Arnold is a silly comparison to make; read your history a bit more closely and think it through. Snowden may not be a hero in your eyes; I disagree, but I can't tell you how to feel about it. But, to compare him to Arnold doesn't even make sense.

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