Civil Rights Icon John Lewis: Snowden’s Actions In Line With Gandhi, Thoreau

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58. I think he's entitled to his opinion, and

I pointed out that his words are NOT being considered in their full context in people's haste to laud Snowden.

I disagree with Rep. Lewis' assessment, inasmuch as I don't ascribe such noble motives to Snowden. I think he abused his power to his own single-minded purpose. The lofty rhetoric is great cover, and it plays very, very well to Greenwald's target audience.

But unlike a lot of Snowden supporters here, I can disagree with Rep. Lewis without using spittle-flecked invective simply because his view doesn't align with mine.

Snowden should have his say in court if he wants to shed light on his "discovery". That he's sought asylum in a place that is TRULY a surveillance state is, as has been pointed out repeatedly, the height of irony and undercuts the sincerity of his motive.