Five hours with Edward Snowden
I've view Snowden has a hero in a time where it is very hard to stand up and cast a light on national wrongdoing. I often struggle when I return to the US Midwest and my family and others complain that Snowden is a traitor. I wonder why they can't see the obvious wrongdoing by our leadership and how it erodes our values.<p>Since its the Bible belt I often find myself reminding people of the story of David [1] who hid with the Philistines when his nation and leader of Israel and turned on him.  The irony is almost overwhelming to them since Snowden so closely fits the exact profile of the story.<p>Some nights in my darker moments I worry that we and by extension myself, have become the bad guys in that story, more akin to the egotistical and delusional King Saul than David.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2027" rel="nofollow">https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2027</a><p>[2] My relevant history: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9444512" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9444512</a>