While the facts of the statement would not be surprising to anyone, making these kind of statements are not going to help Snowden as he is viewed in the United

While the facts of the statement would not be surprising to anyone, making these kind of statements are not going to help Snowden as he is viewed in the United States. I don't view this at all as a noble leak. This particular leak seems to be blatantly self serving and he seems to be outright threatening to harm U.S. national security to keep the U.S. off his back and to keep in favor of the Chinese government.