> I wouldn't group Snowden with Assange, Greenwalk, and Manning

A line in the same vein as such others we've heard before:

"Schwartz doesn't count because he gave up."

"For Assange it's mostly about himself, and a little bit about anonymity."

"Kim Dotcom doesn't rank with the likes of ... because he's a profiteering off of it."

These lines attack the Free Information movement by peeling off those at its edges one by one.

I'm not attacking any movement, I'm saying I think Snowden did a just thing and I respect it and have no reason to distrust his motives; the same is not true for Assange who's made it clear he wants to topple America. I watched Wiki leaks display bias in the election in a clear attempt to take down Clinton, so I don't trust his motives and have every reason to doubt him. Had he attacked both sides equally, it'd be a different case, but his motive was clear, do the most damaging thing he could to us, help Trump.