[RBW in PA]

It’s my understanding Snowden exposed all the illegal domestic surveillance that was/is being conducted on US citizens. If I’m correct he’s a hero.

[Jaysin]

let’s not go overboard and call the man a hero. I can think of thousands of firefighters, cops, service members, ambulance drivers, etc who are heroes or performed heroic acts.

call Snowden what he is: a whistleblower.
there’s no positive or negative connotation there.

now the media can throw adjectives in to set their agenda
CNN: convicted whistleblower
MSNBC: disgraced whistleblower
NY times: unpatriotic whistleblower