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(39,166 posts)with a stronger tradition of protecting human rights.
Corrections:
1) Neither Manning nor Snowden received any money of consequence for their activities. If Snowden did receive money for his interview it's small recompense for living his life in exile.
2) Manning didn't seek publicity because he would have been silenced immediately; Snowden sought publicity because being a whistleblower without publicity is kind of pointless (?)
3) Snowden would have been silenced immediately had he not "run away". In freedom, with even more information at his disposal, he's in a position of immense power right now which could be used to ensure change.
4) Both Manning and Snowden revealed state secrets at a high level.
Still waiting for the prosecution of Hillary Clinton for demanding theft of U.N. credit card data...whatever happened to that?