Edward Joseph "Ed" Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is an American computer professional who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA), starting in June 2013. A former system administrator for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a counterintelligence trainer at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), he later worked for the private intelligence contractor Dell inside an NSA outpost in Japan.

He's a real winner throwing away his life and country to tell everyone something they already knew. What real secrets did he pass to them to allow him to be there!!!!??? 

He is a traitor to all of us here in the USA and anyone would have to be really stupid to trust him on anything knowing he cant be trusted with anything, to anyone!

I think the biggest, & most overlooked thing everyones missing is that he had to bring something to the table other then "Their Spying on Everyone" information since I seriously doubt if they'd try to protect him without anything else.

All of the information on our government spying programs should already be common knowledge since all governments have been doing it since the birth of mankind!

I see some claiming he's a "Hero"  but if you live here in the United States,  & are part of our great country, you should be worried  about what else he took with him to make deals with in order for him to get sanctuary!  Think about how less safe our families, our children, since he had to bring some other secrets with him!

“Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”  -Arthur Miller