Schieffer: Snowden 'No Hero,' Should Turn Himself In

On CBS’ Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer told National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden that he should turn himself in to US authorities.

“I like people who are willing to stand up to the government,” Schieffer said. “As a reporter, it’s my job to do that from time to time …. The people who led the civil rights movement, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, they are true heroes. I’m not ready to put Edward Snowden in that category. For one thing, I don’t remember Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks running off and hiding in China.”

He continued, “The people who led the civil rights movement were willing to break the law and suffer the consequences. That’s a little different than putting the nation’s security at risk and running away.”

“I think what we have in Edward Snowden is a narcissistic young man who thinks he’s smarter than the rest of us … He’s no hero. If he has a valid point, and I’m not even sure he does, he would greatly help his cause by coming home to face the consequences.”

Ben Shapiro is Editor-At-Large of Breitbart News and author of the New York Times bestseller “Bullies: How the Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences America” (Threshold Editions, January 8, 2013).