When he blew the whistle to the press he knew he was in great danger of rotting in a prison for the rest of his life but he did it anyways because he was a patr

When he blew the whistle to the press he knew he was in great danger of rotting in a prison for the rest of his life but he did it anyways because he was a patriot and he considered the risk to be worth it to save his country. That the whole thing worked, the NSA's policies have been declared illegal, means that his sacrifice was not in vain.