◄ What do you think of NSA leaker Edward Snowden? Is he a hero or a traitor? #NSA

"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"

It is not Edward Snowdon who is on trial for "eavesdropping" as he merely leaked the surveillance information he had obtained. For which he admittedly is guilty as charged. It is the United States of America that are on trial for eavesdropping on its citizens on a grand scale.

“Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” 
? George Orwell, 1984