Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?

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Source/Further reading:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Snowden(great Snowden bio and interview on his life and revelations):

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/politics/2014/05/edward-snowden-politics-interview(in-depth timeline on how Snowden contacted Guardian):

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/01/edward-snowden-intelligence-leak-nsa-contractor-extract(interesting view of Snowden as a pawn played by Wikileaks and its associates):

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/09/13/edward-snowden-reconsidered/(on Snowden trying to steal from CIA before resigning):

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/us/cia-warning-on-snowden-in-09-said-to-slip-through-the-cracks.htmlEdward Jay Epstein -How America Lost its Secrets (good counternarrative that paints Snowden as an egotist and highlights some of the harm he may have done):

https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2017/0116/How-America-Lost-Its-Secrets-depicts-a-darker-complicated-Edward-Snowden(did he give secrets knowingly to Russia and/or work with the Chinese?):

http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/bookreview/how-america-lost-its-secrets(Counter-argument to Epstein’s counter-argument):https://www.thenation.com/article/alternative-facts/

(Claims Snowden had contact with Russian intelligence after arriving in Moscow):
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/22/edward-snowden-russia-spy-agency-contact-us-house-report(Evidence Snowdendownloading documents in 2012):

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-security-snowden-dell/snowden-downloaded-nsa-secrets-while-working-for-dell-sources-say-idUSL2N0GF11220130815(Robert Tibbo’sstory):

https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/International/The-broken-life-of-Snowden-s-guardian-angels-1591007The original Guardian story reporting the Verizon scandal:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-orderSnowden’s confession film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yB3n9fu-rMAllegations of Snowden’scontacts with Russian intelligence:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/putin-admits-early-snowden-contact-1378344067?tesla=y

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