When Edward Snowden first defected, the media led me to believe that he was just a poor naive computer geek who woke up one morning and realized that he was doing something very wrong.  And so, I had mixed feelings about his culpability.

But, today, he revealed that he was indeed a US spy who had been involved in many covert activities in both the US and abroad.  And that he was fully cognizant of his actions.

In short, Snowden knew that he was a spy when he defected and therefore has betrayed his country.