David Miranda was employed as a messenger to carry stolen government documents.

[The Magistrate]

82. I Expect, Sir, England Has Laws Against Obtaining Classified Information Without Authorization

The general rule regarding extradition is that the act must be defined as criminal in both jurisdictions. Judging by some reports over the course of this matter, some of the documents may have referenced classified information regarding English agency's activities.

Snowden certainly broke the law. On his own statement, he took the job with Booz-Allen with the intent to abscond with classified information, including materials he was not authorized to view. He did this, in my view, to secure a political effect damaging to President Obama, in service of his own right libertarian political creed. It also seems evident, from public statements, that he engaged in prior communication amounting to conspiracy with two journalists, and if the law were strictly applied, both would be open to charges. It is one thing if someone simply delivers something to a journalist, drops it on him or her, so to speak, and quite another if the delivery is arranged in advance with some awareness of what the material is and how it was obtained.

I have no interest in participating in a right libertarian scheme to do damage to President Obama and my Party's prospects in upcoming elections. I do not look favorably on people who do participate in it. I consider them to be exercising poor judgement.