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Snowden Drives a Wedge Between the Democratic Candidates
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/snowden-drives-a-wedge-between-the-democratic-candidates/" ...Frontrunner Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, painted Snowden as a criminal and a thief, who didn’t take the steps he should have taken to become a whistleblower. “He could have gotten the protections of being a whistleblower. He could have raised all the issues he’s raised, and I think there would have been a positive response to that,” the former Secretary of State said. “He stole very important information that has unfortunately fallen into the wrong hands, so I don’t think he should be brought home without facing the music.”
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley wasn’t far behind. “He put a lot of Americans’ lives at risk,” he said. “Snowden broke the law. Whistleblowers do not run to Russia and try to get protection from Putin.”
Meanwhile, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose anti-surveillance stance aligns him more closely with Republican candidate Rand Paul than some of the other Democratic candidates, said he believes Snowden ought to face a penalty, but that “what he did in educating us should be taken into consideration.”