Time line of events from what we have been told in the news so far...Evo Morales my interpretation

[JDPriestly]

67. No wonder.

Obama lowered himself in my esteem with this play against Snowden. There certainly must be more dignified ways to handle the situation. What happened makes the US look scared, small and heavy-handed. In the short run, it will take care of a flea in the ear. In the long run, it will do great damage to our country. I hate to say that, but this awkward fiasco is the stuff history is made of. Oh, dear.

If Snowden comes back to the US and faces trial, we will look like bullies. If he remains free and talks a lot, Obama apparently thinks his administration and who knows what else will be harmed. And if Snowden stays in Russia and is silenced, the files have probably already been distributed who will anonymously but slowly and surely leak them.

Evil is its own punishment. And these vast spying programs are sheer evil. The more people involved in an evil scheme, the more likely news of the scheme will get out. And this scheme is really evil and apparently involves thousands if not hundreds of thousands. Someone was bound to start talking sooner or later.

Evil is its own punishment.