Open Letter to Snowden/Greenwald demonizers. Please make up your mind. Which is it?

[marions ghost]

21. I am less worried about Russia and China

than I am about our own government. Always thought our govt (at least) was better than Russia and China.
Now I see we're as bad or worse. This is a hard realization.

Apparently the NSA really is intent on controlling the world's data. This secret was kept from the American people. But a lot of us are rightly outraged at the arrogance, the waste of our tax dollars, the betrayal of public trust, the potential for abuse, the insult and injury to our international relations.

Do you not see that what has been done to our best relationships around the world --by the fact of this grossly excessive data mining--is what we should be appalled about? The Chinese and Russians are always suspicious of us with good reason, and they already know a lot. But the countries that rely on us and call us friends--we have damaged those relationships as well.

Thank you, Ed Snowden. For enlightening the American people and the world. Maybe somehow we can stop this.