I agree 100%. It's very nice to have Snowden as a champion as compared to Chelsea Manning or Julian Assange; he's well-spoken, has no known mental health issues, and isn't wanted for anything other than leaking secrets. It's much easier to get a message across when the only story is the message and not the messenger's transgenderism, depression, megalomania, or sexual assault charges.

I don't have a problem with Assange's approach, really. The point was for him to personally be the lightening rod so that Wikileaks could go about its business in peace, which is a reasonable gambit. And if monetization and theatricality are the easiest way to get people to pay attention to what you have to say, so be it. He just didn't execute well enough in separating the two when it came to absorbing attacks, and WL didn't have enough interesting things to say to stay relevant.