Obama was saying the other day that Snowden has been charged with three felonies and is not a patriot.
The media loves calling Snowden a spy, without being any more specific than that. Omigosh, it's cold war spy v. spy--deja vue all over again. Bad spy, bad spy.
As far as we know though, the only spying that Snowden has ever done did was on behalf of the U.S. government, via private contractor, Booz. And, because he did not think that the USG should spy on millions of USians without their knowledge, he disclosed that. And, because he has taken a lesson from the treatment of recent whistleblowers in the US (Drake, Kiriakou, Manning), he left the country. Therefore, the USG has charged him with 3 felonies.
Coincidentally, I just read this elsewhere:
This is the press, an irresponsible press. It will make the criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
Malcolm X (nee, Malcolm Little, aka, anothe one murdered back in the day).
Medgar Evers - shot, June 12, 1963
Malcolm X -shot, February 1, 1965
John F. Kennedy - shot, November 22, 1965
Martin L. King, Jr. - shot, April 4, 1968
Robert F. Kennedy - shot - June 6, 1968
Allison B. Krause-shot, May 4, 1970
Jeffrey Glenn Miller-shot, May 4, 1970
Sandra Lee Scheuer - shot, May 4, 1970
Willam K. Shroeder-shot, May 4, 1970
RIP
Hmmm. Maybe my ADD is smarter than my conscious mind?