And I suppose you never found yourself in a situation similar to Snowden did where what you were seeing at work was morally wrong and not at all in accordance with American values or the constitution, did you?
American values is a spoiler to the argument. Values should be wider than that in order to mean very much. If you are willing to balance your right and wrongs upon such a narrow beam, then you have to give equal value to advocates of Sharia Laws too. Do you imagine them to be a tiny, insignificant minority?
Anyway, regarding you original question above: I have no idea what Snowden actually saw, invented, imagined or whatever; what I do know is that every walk of life, business experiences included, are always anything but perfectly balanced on that beautiful beam of rightness to which I alluded a moment ago. Life is always flawed, as is every aspect of living it. Some 'flaws' are based on personal greed, some on other character failures and many are simply based on what has to be done to prevent things deteriorating even more rapidly than they always seem to do.
America intervention... well, Clinton and Kennedy and now O'Bama (visual verbal joke) think they magicked Ireland out of chaos. Did Belfast news reach the States today? Pour all the money you like into something - willing hands will always accept it gratefully - but basically, old hatreds and ignorances never die out. It's the fabric of the structures. It's the only game in town. It's always been there, and not limited to that poor country, either.
Rob C