This BBC article tries to gloss over the fact he's an important whistleblower that has been accused of committing a series of criminal acts in order to blow the whistle on some particularly egregious domestic and international surveillance by the US government and British government, and instead paints him as a Wild West-style criminal on the lam. It's not that they're incorrect, it's just the story's lead and first few paragraphs appear to be a not-so-subtle attempt at framing [1] him in a negative light to sway perception and erode support.<p>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(social_sciences)" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(social_sciences)</a>