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0 pointstptacek10y ago0 comments

That's not a question with a binary answer. Some of what he's published clearly is "whistleblowing", and a lot of it clearly isn't.

The notion of whether Snowden as a person is a whistleblower is a partisan rhetorical trick --- employed by both "sides" of the debate --- used to distract people from his actual actions.

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bediger400010y ago

used to distract people from his actual actions

How do we determine his actual intentions? I mean, Snowden is alive and well and giving quotes: "People who think I made a mistake in picking [Hong Kong] as a location misunderstand my intentions,” Snowden clarified. “I am not here to hide from justice; I am here to reveal criminality.”"

Sounds like Snowden considers himself to be something of a whistle blower, in the common sense, if not the technical. So, that's settled, I guess.

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