Worthwhile read, thanks for sharing. Is Snowden legit, a psy-op, or a patsy? Maybe all three? Maybe something else entirely? Lately it seems like standard boiler-plate for the conspiracy community to denounce every high profile whistleblower as a dis-info agent. There is no shortage of posts making such assertions with compelling evidence. On the other hand, something I have not seen discussed much;

If I were an intelligence spook in charge of perception management, and Snowden/Assange/Manning etc... were the real deal, I'd damn sure be pushing the psy-op narrative to both muddy the waters and delegitimize any actual truth being revealed.