Snowden's revelations: thumbs up or down?

[bvar22]

63. Your post is misleading, and far from being truthful.

There is no evidence what-so-ever that Snowden "handed over" classified information to ANYONE
other than accredited journalists.
The Editorial Staffs of those publications then decided what they would and would not publish.

Your beef is with the editorial staffs of these publications,
not Edward Snowden.

Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American computer professional, former employee of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and former contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA). He came to international attention when [font size=3]he disclosed thousands of classified documents to several media outlets,[/font] which he had acquired while working for the American consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden's release of classified material has been described as the most significant leak in U.S. history by Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg.

In May 2013, Snowden flew from Hawaii to Hong Kong, where [font size=3]he met with journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras and released numerous documents to them[/font]. With his permission, the journalists later revealed his identity to the international media.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

There is a small but persistent group of people who are intentionally trying to catapult the dis-information
that Snowden released classified information to foreign governments.
This is completely FALSE.