Why does Snowden's character even matter? He's not the story and his personal qualities aren't relevant to the discussion. He could be a neo-Nazi and a child murderer and it still wouldn't change anything about the facts of mass surveillance.
Every second that we spend debating whether or not Edward Snowden is a good person is a second that we're not asking hard questions about the nature of our relationship with the state. Almost as if that's the whole point.
Every second that we spend debating whether or not Edward Snowden is a good person is a second that we're not asking hard questions about the nature of our relationship with the state. Almost as if that's the whole point.