You know, I didn't think Snowden was some kind of hero. Until today.

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38. Interesting, the failed strategy of attacking Russia has only made the US

seem as if it has something to hide to the rest of the world.

When a whistle blower comes forward, in a civilized society, the intelligent thing to do first is set the legal process in motion, which includes providing all the protections necessary of his/her rights. Next, investigations into the allegations made should start immediately.

This is not what has been happening to Whistle Blowers in this country. They have been persecuted, incarcerated, had their lives and careers ruined at best, tortured and isolated at worst.

Smear campaigns have been launched against them. Not ONCE have the crimes they have revealed been addressed over the past decade.

Silly, childish name-calling has been the only defense of government defenders, throughout the entire ten years since this dark period in our history began.

What does that tell us? Any intelligent person wonders, 'why are they not addressing the issues, why are they lashing out at the messengers'? Clearly we have a whole lot of intelligent people in this country because that is exactly what is happening.

And finally, the President realizes that none of it is working.

This is far to serious an issue for the American people, and for the rest of the world, to make it go away by calling Greenwald a 'Paulbot', most of the world never heard of Paul, nor do the care, or attacking Snowden for having boxes in his gargage, or calling people racists for asking that something be done about all this etc etc.

What the reaction we have seen is telling people is this, it must be WAY, WAY worse than we thought it was.

The downright insulting of people who CARE ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY has been an outrage, and serves only to make them more determined to fight for the rights that are being stolen from them by their own government.

I was used to this from the Far Right in the Bush years, but to see coming from Democrats is simply sickening.