I think Snowden is a hero and totally support what he's doing, but he's being selfish and arrogant when he says stuff like this.
If allows himself to be caught, the US government will have a golden opportunity to make an example of him. He will receive a show trial, go to prison, and future whistleblowers will have no one to champion their cause. He has a responsibility to not let this happen.
It's not about Snowden. It's about a single individual standing up against the most powerful government in the world, kicking it in the shins, and getting away with it. Snowden's capture and "trial" would change the narrative to "some loser IT guy broke the law and justice was served".
Snowden is winning. His work is pretty much done. He needs to shut the fuck up and lay low.
Yes, this young man who has given up a very comfortable life to live in exile in Russia is being selfish. /s
To me his comment was meant in the sense that he doesn't regret what he has done even if that means Guantanamo. He's staying in Russia and not volunteering to hand himself in to the USG but if worst comes to worst he has no regrets about what he has done.
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I think Snowden is a hero and totally support what he's doing, but he's being selfish and arrogant when he says stuff like this.
If allows himself to be caught, the US government will have a golden opportunity to make an example of him. He will receive a show trial, go to prison, and future whistleblowers will have no one to champion their cause. He has a responsibility to not let this happen.
It's not about Snowden. It's about a single individual standing up against the most powerful government in the world, kicking it in the shins, and getting away with it. Snowden's capture and "trial" would change the narrative to "some loser IT guy broke the law and justice was served".
Snowden is winning. His work is pretty much done. He needs to shut the fuck up and lay low.
Yes, this young man who has given up a very comfortable life to live in exile in Russia is being selfish. /s
To me his comment was meant in the sense that he doesn't regret what he has done even if that means Guantanamo. He's staying in Russia and not volunteering to hand himself in to the USG but if worst comes to worst he has no regrets about what he has done.