According To YouGov Poll, Snowden Support Declining Among Americans

eldavojohn writes "A recent poll from the YouGov consisting of one thousand responses shows that Snowden's support among Americans has shifted. Now, according to the poll, more Americans think he did the wrong thing rather than the right thing when asked: 'Based on what you've heard, do think Snowden's leak of top-secret information about government surveillance programs to the media was the right thing to do or the wrong thing to do?' The results and breakdown are available online (PDF). Without getting into racial or political breakdowns, the results now show that 38% say he did the wrong thing, 33% say he did the right thing and 29% remain undecided about the results of his actions. Instead of charging the populace into action Snowden may be facing apathy at best and public disapproval at worst."

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[WindBourne]

First off, the Government is NOT watching you. They are watching for attacks. In fact, the reason why Boston got through is because they have a cleaner separation on what is allowed to be listened to. In a nut shell, it appears to be that if you have a connection with a known terrorists, only then will you be picked up. However, if you talk terrorism, then it will not be picked up.

Secondly, Snowden has made some accusations and sadly, others, mostly neo-cons, have taken those and blown them up much further than what he said. And of all the accusations that he came up with, he has presented some proof, but nothing substantial.

Wealthy elite are enslaving you? Politiicans are oppressing you? When did Snowden say that? He did not. BUT, others wrap all sorts of wild things in his statements, which makes him lose his statements.

BUT then to discredit him, he ran to nations that are generally regarded as NOT friendly towards USA, while telling them how NSA may/may not be spying on them. IOW, he is not seen as a whistleblower, but a traitor. And BTW, in any other nation, that is exactly what he would be considered if he did this to them.