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Originally Posted by winter_
is edward snowden living up a cosy russian winter in russia now after he betrayed his country, embarrassed it, dragging its reputation through the mud another time. do you think he will find the refuge he desires, and god knows needs, in russia? should he? the penalty for releasing just a shred of classified government information in to the public domain can be punishable by death in the united states.
i suppose his brother in arms julian assange thinks with a clear conscience he also represents the truth, yet he represents falsity.
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He committed treason against his own country. He stole and then distributed sensitive intelligence data. He is living in Russia ONLY because it's a chance for Putin to make Obama (and the USA) look weak yet again and Russia strong. In doing so, they elevate their status in the world and that directly ties to improved political support, alliances, expanded trade and so on. Protecting Snowden and allowing him to speak, allows a President who is widely criticized for stifling speech to look as if he is protecting speech. It is an opportunity for a President who is well known for stifling critics to appear as if he supports criticism of government - while knowing his own government will never be the one criticized. It's all win/win/win for Putin and Russia on every level with no downside whatsoever.
The greatest irony of Snowden living in Russia is that now, ALL of his correspondence is monitored and documented. All of his phone calls are recorded. He is surrounded by people who are active agents to monitor him, his activities, any contact he has with any person from the moment he wakes up to the moment he falls asleep - from girls who talk to him, friends he makes to cab drivers, store clerks and so on. He will never have any interaction with another human being that isn't fully documented. Girls hitting on him and getting close to him, are far more likely to be paid agents from various departments of the FSB, than dumb girls. Every time he thinks about masturbating, it is recorded and documented and goes into a file in Lubyanka and that is exactly how it will be for the rest of his time in Russia as he is not only a possible/potential security threat... he is a confirmed security threat and confirmed traitor. All of this will be happening in addition to constant, regular interviews with Russian security services.
Once Snowden has no further value to Russia (which now is simply that he's a symbol of Putin/Russia defying Obama/USA) and likely only when we have a US President that is not a shameless pussy... he will be handed over to the USA upon demand and likely tried for treason... so his future is not so bright either. It will only have one outcome. He will eventually be tried and convicted in the US.
It's amusing to see those supporting Snowden are willfully ignoring the fact that he is being protected by a regime well known for human rights abuses, wide spread corruption, rigged elections, stifling freedom of speech, no free press etc and convince themselves that its all simply because they "care" and are on the side of what is good and right... not simply because its a shrewd political move made possible only by our weak president and others lack of respect for him.