The New York Times reports on a poll indicating division among Americans on whether Edward Snowden is a traitor or a whistleblower. The Quinnipiac University poll indicates the majority of those surveyed—55 percent—said he was a whistleblower for revealing the National Security Agency’s (NSA) PRISM program, while 34 percent said he was a traitor. Meanwhile, a report cited in the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s lawsuit asking the Supreme Court to halt the NSA’s surveillance program indicates that Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito, in his days as a Princeton undergraduate, urged strict safeguards to protect personal privacy online. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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