Russia might be "handling" Snowden as they have other agents in the past.

[JDPriestly]

28. If the US had simply told him he could come home without a problem and said to the American

people, let's talk about this surveillance, let's be democratic about it. What are the pros and cons? If the US had done that, no one would be worried about who else Snowden is talking to and what he is saying.

Strange how telling the world about these secrets about surveillance which I have been assured by DUers is done by all the rest of the countries and so nothing wrong with the US doing it warrants prosecution, but forging names on mortgages to make it easier to foreclose on homeowners is not worth even talking about much. No prosecutions for cheating homeowners.

Just kind of questionable values in my opinion.

Snowden violated a law. So did the banks. Who gets punished? Snowden or the bank CEOs?

Interesting issue of values.

If everybody is eavesdropping, why are people so concerned about what Snowden might be saying? The Russians may or may not be interested in what Snowden might know.

The US may or may not want them to be interested. In the world of intelligence, there sure is a lot of stupidity.

The Trojan Horse is a classic example of it.