History shows Snowden may face tough exile in Russia

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16. Interesting piece. This will come as no surprise to any person with a half-functioning brain

Moving to another country is difficult under the best of circumstances. And Snowden's are far from the best of circumstances and Russia is far from an easy country to emigrate to.

Snowden is in for a long, hard slog. He'd damn sure better be ready for it.

The really idiotic taunts from people here about this "excellent job prospects" are window dressing for a man that has committed crimes in the country of his birth where his family is located. He is knowledgeable of not only the fact that he may never see his family again, but that he is a fugitive, and that large swaths of his countrymen consider him a traitor. That is the truth of the matter.

He is going to have to learn a new language, a new way of life and culture. Even if he moves to Venezuela, it will be the same.

What's really a shame is that he did all of this to release classified information on a program that while incredibly wrong, has been in existence for years, was not illegal, and is supported by both houses of Congress as well as the majority of the American public. If what he shined the light on was something that was actually illegal, I think things would have been completely different for Ed. Some people call this the height of stupidity. I don't know if it's stupid or not, but it's definitely changed his life forever.