Question: Is any NSA revelation by Snowden discredited by his candor (or lack of)?

[ProSense]

15. Yes, the

"could have, would have . . . again, Snowden may have a need to defend all of that; but not to me. Were his transgressions deliberate, or, just carelessness or clumsiness?

For instance, I'm prepared to accept that the administration's outing of a CIA agent was an inadvertent mistake in the process of something that was likely important in the larger scheme of their foreign or security policy."

...point of whether or not he should have fled is moot. He chose to do so. He activley revealed information he thought was damaging, making a deal is not cover. As I said, he has no control over what happens to that information.

None of that changes the consequence, which he should have been fully aware of.

Bruce Schneier:

Edward Snowden broke the law by releasing classified information. This isn't under debate; it's something everyone with a security clearance knows. It's written in plain English on the documents you have to sign when you get a security clearance, and it's part of the culture. The law is there for a good reason, and secrecy has an important role in military defense.

But before the Justice Department prosecutes Snowden, there are some other investigations that ought to happen.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/06/prosecuting_sno.html