Ed the Patriot's idea was to avoid TurnkeyTyranny and the usurping of Americans' right to rule themselves, not to indulge in petty political preferences such as outing Hillary's emails. Note too that he did not make public any emails or records, he provided the information to reputable third estate companies who vetted what they released according to law and their ethical processes, not his.
Wouldn't it be nice if Snowden has hacked all of Hillary's Emails and releases them?
Wikileaks released information directly that they determined should be public, without newspaper intermediaries, which was different, but again reasonable in that "approved" media should not have a monopoly on release of information.
The fact that the The New York Times, The Guardian and others who published Ed Snowden's information have not been prosecuted shows that the process has been legal.
Even Ed Snowden copying the information is likely legal because "I was just following orders" is no defence in breaking the constitution, even if ordered to do so by NSA bosses, the CIA, POTUS or anyone else. The constitution stands above them all and is determined by You the People, not the POTUS of the day, or some self-dealing self-aggrandizing megalomaniac spook in the NSA.
He didn't "steal" information, he copied it. Reading information would be "stealing" it too as a copy is made in a person's brain of what they read.
Three cheers for Ed Snowden.
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