I don't understand this Snowden "controversy"

[allin99]

47. He brought it back into the spotlight...

and i for 1 am glad for it. Once it becomes the norm people accept it. I didn't like it in 2006 and i don't like it now. Heaven forbid we revisit the fact that our phone contact is tracked without our knowledge, anytime the U.S. Govt feels like it. Just because we couldn't win the fight then doesn't mean we should just let it be. Here's hoping someone "reminds us" every 4 years, or whenever, and the more controversy the better. The more details the better. The more people upset about it the better. Will it ever change anything? Dunno, we can only hope, and vote, and donate to the right groups, get more liberal judges, whatever it takes. If what he did was illegal, well that sucks for him doesn't it. If he lied about his salary, or if that includes his package, who care, neither here nor there. But i for 1 am glad that people are revisiting all things associated with privacy invasion legalized by Bush that continues today. I too cannot figure out why people are hating on the messgner. ACLU is taking another crack at it, i donated, heck, maybe we get 1 more liberal judge and we finally get somewhere. No negatives what-so-ever.