For those that call Edward Snowden a Traitor

[sabrina 1]

132. The Constitution which is STILL the law of this land, despite your distaste for it, as you

have made clear, says that those who violate the people's rights under what this country has accepted as the law of the land, are traitors.

Which is why all elected officials and military personnel take an oath to 'defend and protect THE CONSTITUTION from all enemies, both foreign and domestic'. They are asked to protect a particular political party or politician or General or anything else, they are sworn to protect the Constitution. If you don't like that, then start working to change it by electing Right Wingers who made their distaste for it, 'just a quaint document' very clear during the Bush years. But until that happens, like it or not, the Constitution is the law of the land and those who violate it are criminals.

Snowden, among others, soldiers who refused to take illegal orders eg, take their oaths very seriously.

You have been wrong about a few things here, eg, the ages of the FFs many of whom were extremely young, information I provided for you and am more than happy to provide again, NOT 'old men' by any stretch of the imagination so I take what you say with a grain of salt until I see something to back it up from now on.

Such as 'I doubt' that a majority of the American people view Snowden as a Whistle Blower. Facts are stubborn things, someone once said. And here are some more facts for you re Snowden, the American People, and Whistle Blowing:

On the contrary, polls consistently show the American People view Snowden as a Whistle Blower:

http://www.pollingreport.com/terror.htm

"Do you regard Edward Snowden -- the national security consultant who released information to the media about the phone scanning program -- as more of a traitor, or more of a whistle-blower?"


Traitor! Whistle-blower! Unsure! No answer!
% % %

1/4-7/14

34. 57. 9

7/28-31/13

34. 55. 11

6/28 - 7/8/13

34. 55. 11

An increase of 2% since last July in favor of Snowden as Whistle Blower.

The American people take their Constitutional Rights way more seriously than some people thought.

That one third is the same % of mostly right wingers who support the Surveillance that you would expect.

Edward Snowden Whistle Blower. The American people have spoken.