Whoa. The vice president confronts the president on national TV about the NSA spying program. Biden is brave!

What an amazing time we live in. The heroic Edward Snowden has over 1.2 BILLION results on Google. He was hired in the first place for his advanced computer skills. The same awesome technology the U.S. surveillance state is using to spy on all of us has enabled a courageous young man to strike the biggest blow ever against it.

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

Edward Snowden did what was right in the face of certain danger, and at great personal expense. But he won't get a medal, he won't have a parade in his honor, and he will be persecuted by the very powerful law-breakers he exposed. He is a hero in the truest sense of the word.

Truly heroic

"'My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.' He has had 'a very comfortable life' that included a salary of roughly $200,000, a girlfriend with whom he shared a home in Hawaii, a stable career, and a family he loves. I'm willing to sacrifice all of that because I can't in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.'"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance

Why shouldn't I work for the NSA?

Will Hunting would probably add "I don't want to spy on every American" to his list of reasons why he shouldn't work for the NSA.

Prescience

James Madison's words seem more prescient than ever: "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data