So, just to sum up, Assange is a rapist, Snowden's a narcissist and nut job, Greenwald's a pervert,

[chrislindsay23]

79. sign of the times, perhaps?

As these programs wear on in years(Psy-ops, Cointelpro, yes, even MKULTRA),the combat of dissent becomes itself complacent, grows heavy under its own weight. It becomes this machine that gobbles up everything in sight, but yields little in terms of results in real time. These are antiquated ideas.
Good police work foils terrorism. Not systems of intended, pre-cognitive control. One can aid the other, but these two things are not mutually exclusive. One does not, and can not replace the other.
What I mean is that the destruction of an assailant's character is to be expected. This is automatic... Old school.
The purpose of one who pits himself against something this big... Well, there have got to be a lot of emotional reasons that drives him, or her. They are neither traitors, nor heroes. They decide in a moment their course.
The important thing is the impact they provide. They crash the gates and lay themselves bare.
Who among us, put under a microscope, can be all things(flaws not included).
No one can. No one performs well under a microscope.
I tend to defer to Valerie Plame's perspective on Snowden's character, and the absolute irrelevancy of it all.