If Snowden had been Russian or Chinese . . .

[Igel]

6. Yes, but Snowdens are much less likely in those countries.

You'd need permission to leave China--just hopping on a plane is hard to do.

Moreover, their background checks are more thorough, they more quickly report suspicious intelligence workers, they ensure a higher degree of ethnic and national loyalty, and, finally, the Snowden daddy would suddenly find himself in a fair amount of distress if he were a Russian or Chinese citizen living in his home country.

Zey have vays of makink you loyal.

China, especially. Russia, not so much these days.