We "ordinary citizens" were not informed of the extent of the spying. How were we supposed to hold the governments accountable? They lied. He exposed them. A lo

We "ordinary citizens" were not informed of the extent of the spying. How were we supposed to hold the governments accountable? They lied. He exposed them. A lot of speculation just vanished and was replaced by certainty. The discussions could move on to what to do about the intrusions instead of arguing over how extensive they are. With the heavy information asymmetry in this case it's laughable to even talk about accountability. How should accountability be possible when the people in charge lie with impunity? > When you tell the government you want it to protect your security and stop terrorist attacks, it's going to do whatever it takes to do that. Whatever it takes? At some point it's reasonable to provide to the public evidence of the government's actions. Disregarding any laws. For me, that point was well reached. Snowden was justified in exposing the extensive spying. By all means he chose to use.