> There is no record that he attempted to use internal channels

From the beginning of the Snowden quote:

> I could not legally go to the official channels that direct NSA employees have available to them

In addition, I find it difficult to take any congressional report on this matter, including the one you cited, seriously given that their primary source is a group of people who have repeatedly lied to Congress without consequence.

Why do you take Snowden's word as gospel but dismiss a bipartisan Congressional Committee's findings? I think that you are biased and nothing will change your mind. Let's agree to disagree.

You could also take the word of a person from deep inside the Obama administration: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/ben-rhodes-book-proves-obam...