Snowden does not fit the description of a Patriot no matter how it’s painted otherwise.
In my book, getting out to the public that the NSA is essentially scooping vasts amounts of domestic data puts Snowden's action on that one point as very Patriotic.
Our citizens have a right to know if our corrupt government is blatantly violating our Constitution.
I don't really care if he went to Hong Kong because he likely knows just how evil this government is -- that he likely couldn't trust anyone here to keep him alive to spread the reality of domestic spying by the NSA.
I guess you are quite happy to have the left have ALL electronic data on ALL Americans???