Whistle-blower Edward Snowden
1. The Guardian
Edward Snowden is a very modern spy - neither gun-blazingly dashing nor cat-strokingly sinister. He is young, tech-savvy, articulate and intensely interested in human rights. His work did not involve high-speed car chases or elaborate gadgets - just a desk and a computer. There are many people like him, and they are, on his account, potentially frightening figures … And now he has gone and blown it open - literally … It is certain the US government will pursue Snowden to the ends of the earth - appropriately, in his case, since he has taken himself off to Hong Kong … But it is not, we hope, ridiculous to suggest that both White House and Congress take an intense interest in what Snowden has to say. London