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No can do. The LatAM will change leadership and he'd be screwed sooner or later. Sadly, USA probably pushed him to commit treason and spill the guts on what USA does to China. He's very valuable to the Chinese; USA should have granted him a pardon, if he stopped talking and secured the materials. Bad precedent but...

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We are not at war with China, and should not be, and hopefully never will be. As an American who has lived in China for two years, the Chinese people are our friends/family. It's only government psychopaths who seem to want each country to be its own secretive cult whose members hate other cults. Snowden's just providing proof that, despite what it always says, it's actually the US that is belligerent and bellicose, attacking everyone, even supposed allies.

"It's only government psychopaths who seem to want each country to be its own secretive cult whose members hate other cults."

Of course. That's the best rationale for increasing the size of government.

how is what he spilled treason? Article III:

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court."

Feinstein accused him of "treason"

http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/304...

In which case, we're assuming that we're at war with either the entire world or ourselves. Either one puts us in a bad spot.

They don't need to actually convict him, only accuse him so he can be locked up indefinitely.

point taken

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