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I'm my opinion, it is the international debate that the Snowden leaks have created that are most important. I don't pretend to know the extent of damage to US surveillance it may have caused. What do you think would have been the most productive way to create the necessary debate, without the problems you say were created?

But the sensational way he went about it was what got so much attention. He probably has done a lot of harm, but in my opinion that most important thing is that the major news outlets are being forced to talk about it.

There's been other whistle blowers, but he's the only one being talked about.

Is he causing some damage, yes. As the gov likes to say with war, acceptable casualties.