"I did, when talking with my american friends. Most of them are saying that Snowden is not a "whistleblower" because he fled the country to Russia." Anecdotall

"I did, when talking with my american friends. Most of them are saying that Snowden is not a "whistleblower" because he fled the country to Russia." Anecdotally, that view does seem to be the minority in the US. Increasingly so as time goes on and more is understood. That was a gut reaction by many conservatives initially, but I think most understand by now that him going to Russia is irrelevant, even if they do disagree with the act of disclosing. Polls seem to back this up: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/uk-usa-security-poll-idUKBRE95B15H20130612 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/uk-usa-security-pol...