Did NSA leak help or hurt the nation? #tellusatoday

Edward Snowden exposed National Security Agency data-gathering programs. We asked our Twitter followers: What would you have done?

Comments edited for clarity, style and grammar.

From Twitter:

Let's not shift the focus to Snowden. It needs to stay on what the government has done.

—@valemmons

I would have honored confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements signed as condition of employment.

—@mnoormo1

Snowden should be praised. Governments can't enforce the law by breaking it.

—@MarkD60

I would have done the same thing. He's a hero to the U.S. and our constitutional rights.

—@Autemn

Snowden didn't finish high school and made more than $100,000 a year. I would have kept quiet.

—@inachu

Snowden didn't betray his countrymen. He exposed our government, which has betrayed us.

—@kaulili

Snowden was entrusted with the knowledge he was exposed to on his job. He broke that trust.

—@Prd2bnAmerican

While his heart was in the right place, and we deserved to know about the programs, I'm not sure I would've gone about it this way.

—@DuhItsNisha

From Facebook:

Edward Snowden, the NSA source, should be praised for all he did. He confirmed what many of us already suspected.

Aaron Wilson

Snowden should have raised his concerns through his normal chain of command first.

Ron Erke

Snowden and others like him have been gathering data for quite some time. If his conscience finally reached the breaking point, that's one thing, but it's far too early — and probably incorrect — to call him a hero.

Rich Barnes