Snowden Hero or Traitor

Edward Snowden is in big trouble with the federal government for leaking classified information to a journalist about the NSA keeping phone records of Americans. Now would you consider him a hero or a traitor, many law makers consider him a traitor but, the ACLU considers him a hero. I understand that both sides have a reason for why we should or should not keep this program. The reason to keep the program is to make sure that we keep the United States safe from those who seek to harm us. The reason we should not keep is because its not American to spy on Americans, the forefathers created the the constitution to protect Americans from big government.