Al Gore: NSA's Law-Breaking Worse Than Snowden's - USNews

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57. He did not leave the country with classified information. He took nothing with him.

We'll see if he ends up with hero status. Ellsberg, also vilified at the time, also called a traitor and also broke the law in order to get information to the American people that they were entitled to have, is universally considered a hero. Time and history decide these things.

Certainly he has the support of some pretty impressive people, one way to judge whether you are on the right or wrong side of an issue is to see who is there with you.

I support Whistle Blowers. The proper process when someone blows the whistle and appears to have proof of wrongdoing is to start an investigation, NOT of the Whistle Blower, but of those who are implicated in the revelations.

Had that happened with the Bush perps, this would be a different country. Actually, these violators of the Constitution go back further than that, AND they've been getting away with their crimes now for decades. As could be expected, they are becoming bolder, knowing they have reached 'untouchable' status. At least for now.