Did Max Boot and Commentary Magazine Lie About Edward Snowden? You Decide.

(updated below)

In the neocon journal Commentary,Max Boot today complains thatthe New York Times published an op-ed by Edward Snowden. Boot’s objection rests on his accusation that the NSA whistleblower isactually a“traitor.” In objecting, Boot made these claims:

Oddly enough nowhere in his article — which is datelined Moscow — does he mention the surveillance apparatus of his host, Vladimir Putin, which far exceeds in scope anything created by any Western country.. . .That would be the same...