Edward Snowden deserves a medal, not execution.  His government betrayed the spirit of its architects, and he exposed them.  Of course he committed treason, but not against his country.  He committed treason against a government that betrayed its people, and for that, he is one of the bravest young men alive.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/dorsey/glenn-greenwald-blasts-msnbc-hosts-misleading-white-house-ta
And Glenn Greenwald is a rare beam of light in this day and age.