Why Is Edward Snowden A Traitor

Edward Snowden: The Whistleblower

[15]Edward Snowden is the person who leaked the information about large amount of data collected by the National Security Agency and many other intelligence groups in United States over phone and internet. His revelations were made to The Guardian and The Washington Post. [16] This created strong debates in US regarding information privacy and national security.
[17][18][19]Edward Snowden was born on June 21, 1983 in the Elisabeth city in North Carolina. He lived there for many years with his family and then moved to Maryland. His father Lonnie was a coast guard and his mother Elizabeth called as Wendy worked at the federal court in Baltimore as chief deputy clerk for administration and information technology.
The reasons why he is considered as traitor are as follows. Snowden by his revelation put all the American’s into threat. Hs activity was a clear violation of law. Lawmakers say that PRISM is essential to prevent terrorism. Media and others glorified him because he sacrificed himself to expose the government snooping. He will go down in the history as one of the greatest whistle blowers. Most of the Americans did not want mass surveillance. Thousands of people signed the White House Petition to pardon him. He considered humanity was compromised by doing this spying work. The awards and recognition bestowed upon him suggest that he was protecting democratic values such as privacy of information, internet freedom and basic liberties for people through the whistle blowing .Whistle blowing here was used as a measure for social health care. It was used to prevent people from posting unwanted information on internets and over phones as they are spied upon. Though Snowden is recognized as a traitor to some, his main intention was to preserve the public interest. If his motives were different he could have done more against America with the amount of data he