Brooks argues, "He betrayed honesty and integrity, the foundation of all cooperative activity. He made explicit and implicit oaths to respect the secrecy of the

Brooks argues, "He betrayed honesty and integrity, the foundation of all cooperative activity. He made explicit and implicit oaths to respect the secrecy of the information with which he was entrusted. He betrayed his oaths." This argument negates the trust and integrity the government discarded when it chose to implement citizen surveillance. Further, Snowden took an oath to protect the US against all enemies, foreign and domestic. He broke no oath.