If it were only Dick Cheney calling him a traitor he might have a point, but it goes far beyond Cheney.
And across the political aisle too.

Swonden is a rebel against a corrupt political system and military industrial complex- not a traitor. he told the american people that the gov't was secretly listenly to them, warrantless, taking away any right to privacy. if he had sold nuclear weapons info to the n. koreans- different story. N. korean is an old admitted enemy of the state, support that regime and you should get what's coming. but i thouhght Obama wanted more transparency. now there are even more secret programs that are supposedly being used to hunt down potential terrorists. Maybe if America actually had border security, including better background checks for guest workers flying into its many airports, we wouldn't have aspiring foreign terrorists here in the first place. Divert the funds from these orwellian gov't agencies to programs that will keep track of immigrants and visitors alike. Make them go through a full security clearance and if any red flags pop up turn them away. American citizens should not be the ones being put under a microscope. Thank you Mr Snowden.

buddyv69,
Ike actually planned to say at his farewell speech the "military–industrial–congressional complex". He feared that pissing off congress with the insult may be a risk not worth taking, so he changed it in the final draft.

The NSA can't find a Boston bomber live tweeting and can't find a 90 minute internet broadcast. How incompetent can a surveillance agency be?