<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>dandare</author><text>It is unbelievable how (self)censored the mainstream media&amp;#x2F;politics discussion is. Keith Alexander lied to the congress on record, whistleblowers before Snowden were jailed for blowing the whistle and there was absolutely no chance he could reveal&amp;#x2F;fix any illegal wrongdoing by the government via the official whistleblowers channels. He did not run away and ruin his sweet life for the lulz, there was clearly no other way. Why is this argument not immediately raised every time some clown uses the &amp;quot;he broke the law, he has to face the music&amp;quot; argument?</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a &apos;public service&apos;</title><url>http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/30/politics/axe-files-axelrod-eric-holder/index.html</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>woodman</author><text>What a load of BS.  He praises him for &amp;quot;raising the debate&amp;quot;, but condemns him for &amp;quot;...the way he did it -- was inappropriate and illegal...&amp;quot; then going on to invite him to &amp;quot;Go to trial, try to cut a deal.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The issue has been brought up many times, with no positive change, because there was no massive dump of incredibly embarrassing evidence.  All those hoping for some kind of Obama surprise turn around in the unprecedented level of whistleblower prosecution: you are setting yourself up for disappointment.</text><parent_chain></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Eric Holder says Edward Snowden performed a &apos;public service&apos;</title><url>http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/30/politics/axe-files-axelrod-eric-holder/index.html</url></story>