Snowden, sketched.

AuthorBailey, Ronald
PositionBriefly Noted - Edward Snowden is a patriotic hero in Ted Rail's new nonfiction comic book "Snowden" - Brief article

National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden is a patriotic hero in Ted Rail's new nonfiction comic book Snowden (Seven Stories Press). The back cover tagline: "To save your country, betray your government."

The bookoutlines the NSA's vast unconstitutional domestic spying program as revealed by Snowden's leaks, excoriating both Presidents Bush and Obama for their complicity. In wondering why Snowden became the one out of thousands of people aware of these privacy violations who exposed them, Rail credits Snowden's burgeoning libertarian philosophy.

An avowed leftist...

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