Trevor Timm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, writing in Politico: “Even as [US President Barack Obama] grudgingly admitted that the timing, at least, of his suggestions was a consequence of Snowden’s actions, the president declared, ‘I don’t think Mr. Snowden was a patriot.’ When you look at what has changed over the past two months, though, it’s hard not to wonder, ‘What could be more patriotic than what Snowden did?’”