Is Snowden really a whistle blower?

So I have to ask the question.  Is Edward Snowden really a whistle blower?  Is it really that big a revelation that the US has spies?  Was it really a secret that they spied on other countries and sometimes on their own?  It seems silly to think so.  We are a generation that grew up on spy movies.  You can tour the Pentagon.

Echelon is not a secret and what did people think it did? It monitors our phone calls.  The Bush administration publically signed new laws expanding the government's authority for surveillance on American citizens so are we angry that they didn't keep that surveillance just on Muslims or are we really stupid?  And why is it ok for a Republican president to spy on us but not for a Democratic one?  I question whether Snowden is a whistle blower at all because nothing he has said so far is a revelation to me.  I expect my government to do certain not so nice things to protect our nation because, and here's the kicker, EVERY NATION DOES IT.

I also take issue that Snowden, who claims he's all about freedom, blew his whistle and then ran off to China,  notorious for its oppression.  Maybe he isn't a whistle blower at all?  Maybe he's a double agent working with Chinese cyber attackers.  We have had a problem with that lately.  But why start any rumors?

And then he runs from communist China to communist Russia.   He tried to flee to communist Cuba but couldn't get there so he's considering going to Latin America, known for it's dictators.  Odd choices to me.  If he's worried about any extradition treaties,  I don't think the lack of one will save him in the long run.  Even a dictator like Putin with an axe to grind against the US doesn't want him around.  I think he will settle on whatever nation is the highest bidder for his information.

If he really values freedom though , he most certainly will not be happy in a communist regime.

So is he really a whistle blower?  A Chinese agent? A confused guy who who's pretending he's in a spy movie?  Will he get a book deal?  Who knows, but he is definitely not a whistle blower.