Snowden: Don't Tread On Him

I was recently reading a opinion editorial in the NY Times by David Brooks.  This article is absolutely terrible.  Yes, David Brooks is a convincing writer with a strong command of modifiers, word usage and the like.  Yet when the article is viewed by the eyes of a critic like me, its flaws come to light, and the strong writing becomes a mask for lies.  I was especially critical of the article because it condemned Snowden's actions.  Edward Snowden did what he must; expose the corruption of our government and the increasingly police like state we are in.  The blue blooded Mr. Brooks, no he's not royalty, he's a democrat, claims that Snowden "violated the constitution."  The truth couldn't be more different.  Snowden exposed the true violators of our rights, the NSA.  Mr. Brooks states in one paragraph that some leakers have to break oaths.  Yet in the very next paragraph, he questions why Snowden breaks his oath of secrecy.  Could an editorial be more contradictory?  The other seemingly logical argument David Brooks employs is that Snowden's leak broke our societies basic trust of government institutions and institutions.  What?  We should trust the people who store our lives in giant databases, waiting to become evidence against us.  We should trust the government that does all of this behind our backs and without our permission.  Trust them?  Not a chance.  Never Again.