Comment by aerique

Actually, it is right what he did. Given how much dirt has been exposed do you really think there was another way to do this? What Snowden did is a prime example of civil disobedience: sometimes a country needs to be called out on what it's doing is wrong, no matter what the laws say.

That said, whistleblowers are in for a rough time and usually get acknowledged for what they did when they're either too old or dead.