If Snowden's case as a whistleblower is so strong, why is he afraid to face the consequences?

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49. Do you suffer from echolalia or echopraxia?

You very often repeat part of what my posts say. Then, you add a conclusion I didn't make.

Padilla and Siegelman were convicted of crimes by the same State that cannot find cause to indict the likes of Dick Cheney or George W Bush.

I believe if we were to ask Edward Snowden his thoughts about your question, he'd agree that the state has criminally mistreated Padilla and has falsely tried ("criminally tried" sounds so Orwellian) Siegelman.

I wish we could ask what Padilla thinks. Unfortunately, that is no longer possible due to his mental state.

We do know what Siegelman thinks:

‘Disappointed’ Siegelman: Obama Justice Dept. Virtually The Same As Bush DOJ

JUSTIN ELLIOTT NOVEMBER 25, 2009, 10:42 AM

When the Obama Administration argued in a filing earlier this month that the Supreme Court should not consider an appeal by Don Siegelman, the former Alabama governor wasn’t surprised, even though the Obama filing maintained the Bush-era stance in Siegelman’s controversial corruption case.

“There’s really been no substantial change in the heart of the Department of Justice from the Bush-Rove Department of Justice,” Siegelman tells TPMmuckraker in an interview.

Siegelman, a Democrat, served roughly nine months in prison after his 2006 bribery conviction. He was ordered released pending appeal in March 2008. The case, which has been dogged by allegations of politicization and prosecutorial misconduct — including links to Karl Rove — centers on what the government called a pay-to-play scheme in which Siegelman appointed a large donor to a state regulatory board.

Siegelman has asked the Supreme Court to consider the definition of bribery, arguing that he merely engaged in routine political transactions. But, in the Nov. 13 filing that raised Siegelman’s hackles, Obama’s solicitor general argued that “corrupt intent” had been established in the trial.

While Solicitor General Elena Kagan was appointed by Obama, Siegelman says the DOJ staffers who are giving advice and making decisions on his case are the same people who were at the department under Bush. “The people who have been writing the briefs for the government are the same people who were involved in the prosecution,” he says.

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/disappointed_siegelman_obama_doj_virtually_the_sam.php

I'm disappointed, too. I had hoped that the Justice Department would lean less corporate and more individual rights, you know more "Democratic," in a Democratic administration.