>>> Edward Snowden said: "This is the end of the case against Julian Assange." >> What does Snowden know? He's not a lawyer of any sort. > He is broadly consi

>>> Edward Snowden said: "This is the end of the case against Julian Assange." >> What does Snowden know? He's not a lawyer of any sort. > He is broadly considered a generic authority based on his long, deep thinking and publications about leaks and legal consequences. Maybe so, but I wouldn't hire him as my lawyer or rely on his judgements about when a legal case will fail. It's the difference between thinking about the consequences of a technology and building/operating that technology. For instance, someone might be an expert on the pernicious social effects of Facebook, but would flame out if they actually worked as a developer there. Snowden more than likely doesn't have the technical knowledge of the British legal system for him to reliably tell the difference between a major and minor development, let alone make trustworthy prediction about the future outcome of the whole thing.