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I don't think Snowden should be killed, but I do agree he should be prosecuted and jailed for life. He committed treason. The reason is moot. I know many will d

• nickbauman 10y ago
  For it to be treason evidence would have to show that Snowden acted on behalf of a foreign power. Espionage requires that Snowden acted as a spy and gave or sold secrets to another party (presumably not a foreign power or adversary). Snowden gave his vetted information to an American journalist and a British journalist. You would have a hard time making either charge actually stick. But I'm certain the US government would ruin his life thoroughly regardless.
  • thrill 10y ago
    No, acting on behalf is not part of the Constitutional definition.
  • meowface 10y ago
    You're providing the definition for espionage, not treason. Snowden is undoubtedly guilty of treason. I think he should be pardoned or given only a light sentence, but it's definitely treason.
• logfromblammo 10y ago
  If he is to be prosecuted for illegal disclosures of classified documents, let him have temporary immunity, until after the trials of all the people implicated in criminal activities by those documents. After all, those folks committed their crimes first. He shouldn't get to jump the get-into-prison queue just because he's infamous now.
• metaphorm 10y ago
  precision matters. you should learn the correct definition of the term "traitor".
• wavefunction 10y ago
  I reject the notion that someone with as much domestic support as Snowden has (admittedly not as much as he should) can be declared a traitor by some folks with a political agenda that is oppositional and actively harmful to my self and life.