How should American view Edward Snowden?
Using the following resources to support your opinion (and feel free to use others, but please link them so others can check your source if they intend to comment), post your feelings about how Americans should view Edward Snowden.
The New York Times has an entire page dedicated to this debate, with several links to each perspective. The Week has an article that also deals with both sides of the debate. PBS Newshour, handled this question by hosting a debate between Daniel Ellsberg and Michael Mukasey.
Jeffrey Toobin contends that Snowden is no hero, while the ACLU considers him an important whistleblower in calling attention to the government overstepping its rights by invading the privacy of American citizens. Daniel Ellsberg, the man famous (infamous?) for leaking the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times during the Vietnam War, naturally relates to Snowden and considers his actions to be service to the nation.
