re 3: My perception & guess is that he was offered a deal after he dumped the docs: Come to Russia and we'll ask you to use your platform to talk on issues we c

re 3: My perception & guess is that he was offered a deal after he dumped the docs: Come to Russia and we'll ask you to use your platform to talk on issues we care about. Snowden has a lot of cred with the Left and libertarians/anarchists, so he is an excellent agent for division.