On March 19, we posed a question that's fed conversation at dinner tables, Sunday morning talk shows, and more Capitol Hill cocktail parties than you can shake a stick at: <\/p>\n
Is Edward Snowden, who made off with classified files and leaked them to reporters, a hero, a traitor, or something in between? <\/p>\n
For anyone who might need a refresher, Snowden is the former National Security Agency contractor who made off with a vast trove of classified files, fed them to hungry journalists, turned up in Moscow, and now faces espionage charges by the U.S. government. <\/p>\n
Snowden recently turned up -- via robot camera -- at a TED talk, which you can read about here.<\/p>\n
Well, the votes are in. But the polls much like elections in Turkey, Iraq and Cambodia remain open to debate.<\/p>\n
Be our guest. Vote here. If we get enough votes, we'll publish the results again.<\/p>\n
To date, the voting was much more lopsided than any of us here at Snowden Central could have imagined. You be the judge: <\/p>\n
He's a hero for revealing that the NSA collected phone data on millions of ordinary Americans. 55.08% (363 votes) <\/p>\n
He's a traitor who stole classified files and fled to Moscow, and he should be prosecuted. 30.96% (204 votes) <\/p>\n
He's somewhere in the middle. We don't know enough, yet, about who he gave the files. 13.96% (92 votes) <\/p>\n
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