Snowden didn't take an "oath of secrecy"

[jeff47]

135. Again, liking what he did doesn't change the law.

We grant asylum to people who face prison sentences for political activities. Why shouldn't Russia?

Russia is free to do so. And Snowden is free to accept their aid.

But that means he breaks US law. And liking what Snowden has done doesn't change the law. Just like someone liking W's many frauds does not change the law.

People who view the NSA spying has hunky-dory may not understand what is going on.

It's always amusing when people who can't understand basic concepts like "compensation" lecture others on what they "may not understand".

Bur if they put themselves into Snowden's position, try to understand what he was thinking and feeling as he saw what was going on in his workplace, maybe they will understand.

Alternatively, you could read what he's actually leaked so far and discover it doesn't actually back the story he's telling. He's leaked a bunch of programs that spy on non-US persons. He's leaked one program that "spies" on US persons, yet comfortably fits in a 1979 SCOTUS decision.

That doesn't add up to "The NSA is spying on everyone, everywhere!!!!!!".

Which now leads to justifications like this:

They have to go through the documents. The NSA has estimated over a million of them.

So Snowden took random documents without knowing what's in them? Then how does he know those documents show massive spying programs?

Oh, he knows what's in the documents? Then what's the delay? He knows which documents show these massive programs.

You can tell you're coming up with a terrible justification when you have to contradict yourself.