Other media: Edward Snowden called 'a hero' and 'grandiose narcissist'
The revelation that Edward Snowden is the US secret surveillance whistleblower and is in Hong Kong made the front page of most websites. Here’s what some other media have to say on the subject:
The revelation by The Guardian newspaper that 29-year-old American Edward Snowden is the whistleblower on the US government’s top secret, extensive domestic surveillance programmes and that he has taken refuge in Hong Kong made the front page of most newspapers and websites around the world. Here’s what some other media have to say on the subject:
Tuesday, June 11
Is Edward Snowden, the twenty-nine-year-old N.S.A. whistle-blower who was last said to be hiding in Hong Kong awaiting his fate, a hero or a traitor? He is a hero, John Cassidy writes.
For this, some, including my colleague John Cassidy, are hailing him as a hero and a whistle-blower. He is neither. He is, rather, a grandiose narcissist who deserves to be in prison, writes Jeffrey Toobin.
