re: #423 triple

I think even snowden agrees fleeing the country is not what he wanted to do.. rather he was forced to do it.

Manning got 35 years today, but he faced, at one time, the possibility of the death penalty.

Snowden’s responsibility (as he saw it) was to provide the US public with the information that they were being unlawfully spied on, and he did.

He was under no responsibility to suffer his life for that disclosure.

Yes, we’ve heard the whole bit before, about how Snowden had no choice but to flee because he could be jailed or *gasp!* executed, despite there not being an execution of a spy in decades. And do tell, do you believe that if you break the law for the “right reasons,” that you shouldn’t have to face any penalties?