Does the 1%-99% dichotomy help to explain or further obfuscate L'Affaire Snowden? [View all]

[HardTimes99]

I've not seen much class-based analysis of L'Affaire Snowden and I thought I would put this out there for DU to chew on.

To me, Snowden is a member of the 99%. While he earned a salary substantially above the national median of 50K, he still was a working man, forced to earn his living by the sweat of his brow. The forces of the Washington establishment that oppose Snowden, to me, epitomize the 1%, a rentier class of parasites living off the sweat of others.

I'm interested to hear whether DU believes the 1%-99% dichotomy helps to explain or understand this matter. Or does it further complicate our understanding?

To the extent it is possible, I would love to see the character assassination on both sides kept to a minimum, so that we can consider the class-based ramifications of this matter.