I wouldn't call it speculation. If Snowden didn't understand that he's too valuable a target for any country with a halfway functioning intelligence service, h

I wouldn't call it speculation. If Snowden didn't understand that he's too valuable a target for any country with a halfway functioning intelligence service, he's naiveté must be completely unbounded. Intelligence services spend YEARS and FORTUNES trying to recruit and develop sources like Snowden. To have one drop in your lap? With detailed knowledge of the most secret org of your primary geopolitical adversary? C'MON MAN. You do understand that people sometimes are killed to get this kind of information, right?