Amnesty for Snowden?

Give me a break.

I don't know why there's even a debate. But if you really think there should be an argument for it. Start here:

Many have likened Snowden’s actions to Daniel Ellsberg’s leaking of the Pentagon Papers. (Ellsberg himself has made the comparison.) But the Pentagon Papers were historical documents on how the United States got involved in the Vietnam War. Ellsberg leaked them (after first taking them to several senators, who wanted nothing to do with them) in the hopes that their revelations would inspire pressure to end the war. It’s worth noting that he did not leak several volumes of the Papers dealing with ongoing peace talks. Nor did he leak anything about tactical operations. Nor did he go to North Vietnam and praise its leaders (as Snowden did in Russia).

The rest of the argument is here. (And yes, it's an argument that he should NOT be considered anything but a traitor - regardless of what you think about the NSA, the Patriot Act, et al.)