Edward S**wden Is a #Patriot, Twitter Users Say
 

Edward S**wden Is a #Patriot, Twitter Users Say
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Hoping to spur conversation about its big Edward S**wden interview, NBC News asked its viewers to vote on their view of the leaker.

Distilling the debate around S**wden's leaks into a black-and-white question (or maybe red-and-blue), NBC wanted to k**w: Was the NSA leaker a #patriot or a #traitor?

#Patriot or #Traitor? Weigh in as you watch #InsideS**wden http://t.co/Rwz28jolNT pic.twitter.com/uYoNy7Px2u

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 29, 2014

Well, the results are in.

The outcome was "extremely close" in the lead-up to the program, NBC News said, but over a 36-hour period that included the special, tweets mentioning #Patriot outnumbered #Traitor, with nearly 60% of Twitter users calling S**wden a "#Patriot." Read more...

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