Snowden as Hero

In polls we are asked if Edward Snowden is a traitor or patriot, as if we see the actors in our world as simply good or bad, and some of us do. What if our reaction to Snowden is mixed?  I think he handled things poorly, but I wish him no harm. 

I see Snowden as a young man who wanted to be famous for the rest of his life, and he will be. His book, when he writes one, will be taught in college courses. I imagine a panel of enormous egos debating the issues, moderated by Amy Goodman: Snowden, Nader and Chomsky. It will have to happen soon. Nader and Chomsky are aging out. Snowden will be with us for a long time in the role he wrote for himself as the smartest man in America who ran away.