Amash Proclaims Snowden a Whistleblower, Former NSA Chief Rebuts

Former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden countered Amash’s assessment by pointing out that Snowden did not go through the proper channels to alert Congress or the proper authorities of the program’s surveillance.

“There is no evidence whatsoever that this young man warned anyone, went to this supervisor, his supervisor’s boss, or even the congressman,” Hayden said. “What he did was go to Glenn Greenwald and some other news outlets and publish information that he may, in his own conscience, believe we need to be concerned about.”