In his quest for complete safety, Snowden had the right idea

[stupidicus]

assuming they can find solutions to the prison rape and violence problems.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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maybe he was referring to solitary confinement, no?

[jehop61]

1. Hope it's a Chinese one

They are so much more secure.

[MineralMan]

2. Wouldn't it be funny if the Chinese arrested him for espionage.

After all, he has admitted his connections to intelligence agencies. A Chinese prison would not be ideal, I'd think. Snowden would be well-advised to get to a more friendly place, really.

[stupidicus]

3. Is this because he

1. shared common knowledge

2. revealed something novel and new that none of us shoulda known about

the reason I ask is because as I understand it, both of these two mutually exclusive explanations of his efforts have been offered, resulting in a "it's no big deal/not new" dismissal of the affair and "hope" for his punishment by big brother from his detractors that see him as a villian.

It does appear as if you fall in the latter camp. Should those like Greenwald, etc also suffer at the hands of big brother in your opinion, since we'd not be privy to any of this butfor their efforts? And do you think this guy http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/daniel-ellsberg-edward-snowden-nsa-leak-92478.html?hp=r4 shoulda recieved the same treatment, or does the difference in that leaked trump the underlying principle that guided them both?