Most Americans See NSA Leaker Snowden As Whistle-Blower, Not Traitor

[Purveyor]

More Americans see National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden as a whistle-blower (55 percent), than a traitor (34 percent), according to a poll released Thursday shortly after the former NSA contractor reportedly secured asylum in Russia.

The Quinnipiac University national poll, which had an error margin for plus or minus 2.6 percentage points, found the public mood unchanged from a similar survey on July 10.

“Most American voters think positively of Edward Snowden, but that was before he accepted asylum in Russia,” said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

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http://news.yahoo.com/most-americans-see-nsa-leaker-snowden-as-whistleblower--not-traitor-142430904.html

[sabrina 1]

1. I saw another poll early this week which raised that figure by one point to 56%.

That's like to go up even further as members of Congress in both parties now acknowledge the serious problems with these old Bush policies.

[villager]

2. Most Americans, then, to the left of many here at the "Underground?"

Well, it figures.

[Purveyor]

5. I've thought the trend for Snowden to be mostly supportive by judging of the 'recs' on positive

Snowden articles.

Yes indeed, there is a contingent of persistent Snowden haters but I think they are greatly out numbered.

[villager]

8. Well, you may be right. There does seem to be a lot of quiet support for Snowden

...and the whistle-blowing, but there is very loud excoriating of him here, too...

[FreakinDJ]

3. No Shit Sherlock - Americans don't like Trashing the Constitution

[DJ13]

4. ..... but that was before he accepted asylum in Russia

Like thats a bad thing?

I think thats a clue how DC plans on framing this.

[L0oniX]

6. People with morals can't continue to participate in anti consistutional government operations.

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

7. Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming!

Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming!

Edward Snowden's Dad Calls Him 'Modern Day Paul Revere'
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/edward-snowdens-dad-calls-modern-day-paul-revere/story?id=19554337

Hmmm... who knew who influential a DU meme could be

[markiv]

9. Verizon refused to activate old non GPS motorola star tac phones years ago

making it sound like it was a regulation, when it really wasnt

if you already had a non gps star tac activated, you could keep it until it konked out. but if you had a spare, you couldnt activate it

it's something only those who avoid forced upgrades would ever notice

the reason being claimed, that it was necessary for 911 location. yet, in an emergency, any phone is better than none, and NOBODY is required to carry a phone at all

i smelled a rat then, a combination of planned obsolecense and cooperation with privacy intrusion, that they were forcing their customers to carry phones that tracked them like a duck

(non gps phones leave a trail of tower areas visited, gps far more specific)

everything snowden has said confirmed the suspicions i had back then, probably 2003-2006