Position 1: Snowden is a whistleblower and what the government is doing is illegal: http://www.whistleblower-insider.com/the-simmering-storm-over-americas-secret-surveillance-court/

Position 2: Snowden leaked classified documents improperly, and in fact, there are many controls and restrictions governing surveillance: See this talk by  Robert Litt (General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligenceat) at a recent a Brookings event http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/GovernmentInte