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Exactly. Does Snowden honestly expect to not be charged with a crime that he has admitted to, even if he disagrees with the morality of the crime?
by brown9-2 13y ago
Exactly. Does Snowden honestly expect to not be charged with a crime that he has admitted to, even if he disagrees with the morality of the crime?
- baddox 13y ago> Does Snowden honestly expect to not be charged with a crime that he has admitted to What on Earth are you talking about? It's abundantly clear that he expects to be charged with a crime (or at least to be treated as badly or worse as someone charged with a crime). Why do you think he left the USA and is seeking asylum?
- jusben1369 13y agoThen why start with this sentence? "One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth" Wouldn't it be more accurate to say "I went to HK because I thought my freedom and safety would be under threat if I revealed the truth in my home country" I agree with you that's he's known it all along. So this feels like he's manipulating his supporters as he's not really being very honest.
- brown9-2 13y agoHis confusion over being denied a nonexistent "right to asylum".
- codeulike 13y agoWhistleblowing is protected, so the debate about whether he's a whistleblower or a spy is also the debate as to whether he has committed a crime