Thank you for this.
He exposed clearly illegal activity and framing him as a leader changes the narrative.
He is a whistleblower who upheld his oath to protect the constitution of the US, in the face of severe consequences.
He exposed clearly illegal activity and framing him as a leader changes the narrative.
He is a whistleblower who upheld his oath to protect the constitution of the US, in the face of severe consequences.
I don't think there's any legal way Snowden wouldn't face a conviction if he was returned to the US, even if you exclude all the "illegal" activity he exposed from evidence against him.
The problem was that I think that a lot of the things that leaked people either
A) THOUGHT were illegal
or
B) Thought that while legal, the government does not do and would not do (particularly because spokespeople have implied under sworn oauth that they do not do.
I'm talking about domestic surveillance.
If there was any justice, then the thing should have been a wakeup call for the US populace and government and new laws would have been introduced to make the things that he leaked illegal.
Alas...