While I deeply respect what Snowden has done, I am still skeptical. I hope I am proven wrong as I have been (so far) with my fear with repealing don't ask don't tell but history tells that we should be cautious. Remember the Hundred Flowers Campaign[1].<p>Quote from the Wikipedia article:<p>Chairman Mao Zedong: "The policy of letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend is designed to promote the flourishing of the arts and the progress of science".<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Flowers_Campaign</a>