Why would Snowden give all this up, to become a whistle-blower?
The simple answer is he wouldn't give up this perfect life, on a salary 4 times the average American income, with a house is Hawaii (which is one of the most popular tourist destinations and is famed for its beauty), Edward Snowden before he unveiled the NSA's dark truth, could have had almost whatever he liked. No man would give up on a salary has high as his was, and life a of plenty as he had, unless he saw or came across something that he thought was very important. Why would someone want to be on the run from the American government for the rest of his life, never being able to rest a night properly, going from country to country, never being able to return to his home-country? First of all in the United States of America the constitution made by the founding fathers (Benjamin Franklin, John Adams,  Thomas Paine) to protect the liberty of America and its occupants. The spying on all people nationwide, and in fact wold-wide, if the hacking of Angela Merkel's Mobile telephone turns out to be true,  is very wrong and a complete violation of everything the constitution stands  for. So the NSA is in direct violation of the constitution which is what all people in America have to stick to.... How does that work? The NSA can violate the constitution but normal people get arrested if they even have a minor infraction of it. Why is it so important for normal people to obied by the rules of the Constitution if it can be bypassed by government institution that people didn't vote for to spy on them??? Why would hacking phones, looking through emails and texted of INNOCENT PEOPLE be for the good of the nation? I think I am rambling a little at this point so I'll bring it back to Mr Snowden, why is he a traitor for pointing out that a government institution is doing something that is unconstitutional? This brings up the possibility that some can ignore the rules of the lands when it suits them..then is the United States of America really the land of the free if some can ignore the rules when it suits them? Edward Snowden did not destabilise the USA, the NSA along with US government have broken the rules of the land they supposedly uphold. The USA has no right to call Edward Snowden a traitor if in fact he is a bigger constitutional patriot than the entire US government. Traitor no, Hero maybe. The whole media storm about him being a traitor is just a smoke screen to stop the public from realising the unlawful way the US government is spying on us through our computers.