To play devil's advocate, is there some truth to this?
> Mr. Snowden's claim that he stole this information and disclosed it to protect Americans,
privacy and civil liberties is undercut by his actions. Rather than avail himself of the many
lawful avenues to express legal, moral, or ethical qualms with U.S. intelligence activities, Mr.
Snowden stole 1.5 million classified documents from National Security Agency networks. The
vast majority of the documents had nothing to do with programs impacting individual privacy
interests, but instead pertain to military, defense, and intelligence programs of great interest to
America's enemies.
> Mr. Snowden's claim that he stole this information and disclosed it to protect Americans, privacy and civil liberties is undercut by his actions. Rather than avail himself of the many lawful avenues to express legal, moral, or ethical qualms with U.S. intelligence activities, Mr. Snowden stole 1.5 million classified documents from National Security Agency networks. The vast majority of the documents had nothing to do with programs impacting individual privacy interests, but instead pertain to military, defense, and intelligence programs of great interest to America's enemies.