I don't think Slate is trying to crucify Edward Snowden. I think it was more "If a high school dropout with basic computer skills can win this contract, imagine what a talented hacker with malicious intentions could do", and just happened to attack Snowden a bit too much.
Which is rather humorous considering how articulate he was in the video of him being interviewed by Glenn Greenwald. You can tell immediately he's not your stereotypical drop out.
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I don't think Slate is trying to crucify Edward Snowden. I think it was more "If a high school dropout with basic computer skills can win this contract, imagine what a talented hacker with malicious intentions could do", and just happened to attack Snowden a bit too much.
Even Slate admits, though, that they have no idea what level his computer skills are at or how good a fit he was for the job:
They're basically bemoaning his lack of official credentials.
I think the real thing to take home here is that they trusted him and he broke that trust. Who else are they trusting that they shouldn't be?
I though the real issue was that we trusted the American government and they broke that trust?
On the contrary, I think that's their point ("we don't know!").
Which is rather humorous considering how articulate he was in the video of him being interviewed by Glenn Greenwald. You can tell immediately he's not your stereotypical drop out.