Edward Snowden is the National Security Agency employee who reported to the press that the NSA has been collecting electronic communications data on millions of Americans without probable cause or warrants. That is a clear violation of the 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The 4th Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no WARRANTS shall issue, but upon PROBABLE CAUSE, supported by Oath or affirmation, and PARTICULARLY DESCRIBING the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

That is the major key to preventing a U.S. police state. We have to have it and uphold it. I think that when the government steps over the 4th Amendment, especially on such a large scale, the government betrays the people and commits an act of treason.

NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily | World news | The Guardian



Edward Snowden is now in hiding instead of being given the celebration he deserves. He might never come back to the country he risked his life and freedom to defend.

FBI says U.S. will hold Snowden responsible for NSA leaks | Reuters

When a person knows that the government is engaging in traitorous behavior, what should the person do? Is it an act of treason to report a government act of treason?

The U.S. government is turning totalitarian on us. We are not far from the threshold.