The mainstream opinion is he's a traitor. You had congressmen openly calling for his death. I don't get how you're trying to infer that he was a psyop by stating your distrust for the mainstream opinion.

Let's not forget that what he did was relevatory at the time, even though people on this very thread say it was always known. Some people may have suspected what the NSA was up to, but having the evidence out in the open was eye-opening to many, many more.