What contradiction? The guy is guilty. He knows he doesn't stand a chance in court. This guy is looking at several life sentences for his crimes. So this gu

What contradiction? The guy is guilty. He knows he doesn't stand a chance in court. This guy is looking at several life sentences for his crimes. So this guy can get the fairest trial of all time and STILL go to prison forever. A trial isn't unfair because you don't agree with the result. He broke the law. DO you think he deserves to go free after what he's done? Seriously. I can't walk down the street and shoot someone because he was a "bad guy" in only my judgement. I'm going to go to jail for murder. Whether or not the guy was actually a "bad guy" or not is irrelevant. As an individual in our society, you don't get to unilaterally take an action against the law and then expect to escape the consequences. If this guy was a TRUE whistleblower, he'd have taken an important document, one implicating the NSA in wrongdoing, to a respected new outlet like "60 Minutes" or the NY Times or the WSJ, unmasked himself, and expected the government to prosecute him. THAT is how you martyr yourself for the common good. This guy did everything that you'd expect an rogue, formerly-controlled asset of a foreign intelligence service to do. He took a radical action to force the hand of his FSB or SVR handlers and then fled to their open arms expecting them to keep him safe. I think he stopped off in Hong Kong to see if the Chinese would be willing to take him in so he could escape his fate in the USA. When they declined, he beat feet to the Soviets. Don't believe the hype. That guy was a recruited asset who decided he had enough. All of the rest was for show.