in support of Edward Snowden

In my youth, my definition of patriotism was Carl Schurz's: “My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.” This was a time when "America: Love it or leave it" was a popular slogan with people who did not understand that if you love something, you stay and set it right. Daniel Ellsberg understood that. When he shared the Pentagon Papers, he became one of my first heroes. That list of heroes now extends through Bradley Manning to Edward Snowden.

The...