[throwawayq3423]

> The info was already out there when they were going after him.

This was of course not known at the time. The only thing that was known is that a single individual was responsible for the greatest breach of classified secrets in the nation's history, and that individual was still at large.

> was protecting national security

So yes, it was.

[esseph]

The federal government was found violating the constitution, and yet he's the bad guy.

Nonsense.

[throwawayq3423]

> The federal government was found violating the constitution

This was of course not known at the time.