The law he is abiding by is the Constitution. Where in the Constitution is the right to flee the United States with laptops full of classified information you

The law he is abiding by is the Constitution. Where in the Constitution is the right to flee the United States with laptops full of classified information you illegally obtained? Snowden has clearly committed serious crimes. It's fine to argue they were somehow for the greater good—though I'm not sure what "greater good" carelessly exposing classified information to the Russians and Chinese might be serving—but it seems like the government could present a slam dunk case against him while entirely respecting his rights.