They're so hypocritical!

To me, this looks like one thing: they all secretly agree. They agree that Snowden should be punished. They all want him to suffer. They are the ones in power and it is their wrongdoing that his kind of transparency threatens.

These politicians don't care about the Constitution. You mean the same Constitution that requires Congress to declare war before entering into conflicts? You mean the same Constitution the prohibits searches without a warrant? That requires charges to be brought before property is seized? That Constitution?

No, they don't care that Snowden made the ethical choice to expose yet another breach of the Constitution by the federal government. They don't care that he sacrificed a six figure government job and a peaceful life to expose their treason. They want to disobey the Constitution without consequence, and people like Snowden are standing in their way.

What pains me most is not when these politicians are corrupt and hypocritical, but more-so when my neighbor is. The people who think Snowden should be in a cage or worse. It really gets me because it feels like they are saying "YOU, Derek, should not be allowed to know what your government is doing. Just trust them implicitly. And if anyone tries to tell you against their wishes, I think we should hurt them physically."

Well, no sir. The government works for me. It is paid for by my tax dollars. Bought by the blood of Americans past. They may not alter the deal as they see fit. We obey the Constitution, and if it is wrong then we amend the Constitution, but we do not simple ignore it. And if they are breaking the Constitution then it is the patriotic duty of every freedom loving American to oppose it.