Russia being better or worse isn’t relevant here. If Snowden moved to a NATO country he would easily be extradited back to the US. Russia is one of the US’s biggest rivals, which means Russia has an active incentive to keep him “safe” so he can keep whistleblowing.
It is absolutely relevant. If you feel like breaking the law and releasing classified information is worth doing be a fucking man and take the punishment. Don’t bitch off to a dictatorship enemy state and give them access to everything you know from your classified work.
Russia is far worse in every respect than the US. It’s just hypocrisy and I question his real motives. Lots of people have written books from prison.
Russia being better or worse isn’t relevant here. If Snowden moved to a NATO country he would easily be extradited back to the US. Russia is one of the US’s biggest rivals, which means Russia has an active incentive to keep him “safe” so he can keep whistleblowing.
It is absolutely relevant. If you feel like breaking the law and releasing classified information is worth doing be a fucking man and take the punishment. Don’t bitch off to a dictatorship enemy state and give them access to everything you know from your classified work.
I am very skeptical that he would have been allowed to write and publish a book from prison.
And I’m very skeptical that he didn’t betray his country and give Russia more intel.