By this I mean, It was unfortunate to see Snowden's punch dissipate with headlines that focussed on his safety and whereabouts, instead of keeping focus on the crimes committed by the US government.
Did anyone else notice that?
Assange was into monetizing leaks and being in control of what was leaked, to whom and when.
Snowden went out of his way to not be 'in charge' of what was leaked, to whom and to when. He put trust in Greenwald and co. to do that. Snowden has not been paid, there is no ban on Paypal et al. accepting funds for him because, unlike Assange, he is not soliciting funds. He found himself employment in Russia to pay his way in the world.
Clearly Snowden's work was wasted on you, just hope you have nothing to hide!
I find it worrying. I don't follow closely what happens in the US, but my overall feeling is that on many important issues, there is very little opposition or at least questioning to what the US government is doing. People seem more concerned with taxes and immigration reform.
It also struck me during the presidential debates. Both candidates pretty much agreed that the "bad guys" should be caught, but it didn't really go much deeper than that! It seems voters have basically not the slightest control on what their leaders are doing. Depressing...
Anecdotally, that view does seem to be the minority in the US. Increasingly so as time goes on and more is understood. That was a gut reaction by many conservatives initially, but I think most understand by now that him going to Russia is irrelevant, even if they do disagree with the act of disclosing.
Polls seem to back this up: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/12/uk-usa-security-pol...
I'm not trying to raise the conspiracy flag or show off my tin foil hat, I just hope to see a resolution despite it all.