4 Cases of the U.S. Sheltering Vicious Criminals that Reveal Total Hypocrisy on Snowden

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25. Since I'm not clairvoyant, I don't know

but I would guess Ecuador. Subsequent events tend to bear that out.

Civil disobedience only works against a government that can be shamed into correcting its own behavior. Without a working press and leaders who actually respond to public opinion it is pointless. So while we are judging levels of manhood, bear in mind that if Snowden had not run, the story--which he regarded as of primary importance--would most likely have died.

He will live in exile for the rest of his life. Bradley Manning will probably die in prison. These are not appropriate outcomes for individuals who call out state-sanctioned illegal and/or immoral behavior on the part of our government of laws.