[zeestephen]

Edward Snowden was the only person living in the USA who somehow overlooked the obvious reality of mass public surveillance by federal law enforcement and the Intelligence Community.

I think he also dreamed of becoming a national Political Hero before the obvious reality of Treason settled in.

[Krosan]

>I think he also dreamed of becoming a national Political Hero

He certainly imagined himself becoming a jet-setting International Man of Mystery cashing in speaking at conferences admired by all.

That is why he falsely claimed to be a Special Forces candidate, whose career was cut short by injury, while in reality he just enlisted and washed out in two months. He also refers to himself as a “former CIA agent”, when he was really an office software support person.

[Krosan]

He stole 1.7 million documents so he certainly couldn’t have known what is in there. He made explosive claims of abuse, but the explosive ones are the ones he doesn’t have evidence for (and we already know he is a liar). Those he showed evidence for were pretty milquetoast.