If this is the case, Mr. Snowden has just given aid to the enemy..

[mindwalker_i]

18. "CYBER-SECURITY is THE threat of our times"

I've heard this said a lot, but don't know what the evidence is for it. Granted, our infrastructure, like power, is probably very open to attack and I'm sure other infrastructure is as well but the solution to these problems is not to ignore them or try to prevent people from exposing the flaws. The solution is to fix the flaws.

If this is what you're referring to, then Snowden makes little difference. Eventually someone will find the flaws and exploit them, so having them exposed now is probably a good thing rather than find out they've been hacked months or years later.

As for releasing information not specifically targeted to just what the government is doing to us, that's true. Snowden released a lot of information, a lot of it very relevant to us, some that could be used against us. I'll take the slight increase in risk to shine light on the criminal things our government does.

When the founders of this country gave England the finger, they took some risk to get their freedom. We should be willing to take some risk to keep it.