I used to have a pretty high security clearance in the DOD.
Even when I quit the feds, I was not even remotely tempted to reveal any shred of classified information.
But then again, the NSA wasn't unconstitutionally collecting personal data on USA citizens, as far as I knew, way back then.
Adjust the times and the circumstances...I might have done what Snowden did. Hard to decide, based on the limited amount of data/propaganda that is available to me now.
I'm still ambivalent as to his status as whistleblower or traitor.
It's possible he is equally both, given what little we all think we know, now.
You can watch this interview to get a better informed opinion.
Personally I don't think he's a Traitor.
The people who claim to know on this site are more mad that he violated the NDA than the NSA/CIA spying on private citizens without a warrant.
The most common response is “Well, everyone should know that it happens, and if you are not guilty it isn’t a problem!”
The GOP will end as a party because of things like this. Rather than defend the constitution, they defend their own business interests.