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I find it incredible that Snowden can't seem to find asylum; does the process take longer than I thought, or is there something deeper going on? It appears to

I find it incredible that Snowden can't seem to find asylum; does the process take longer than I thought, or is there something deeper going on? It appears to my untrained eye that rather than force a state to hand him over, the U.S. is simply pressuring them to deny (or stall) his asylum requests. It's a face-saving neutral ground for the nations in question, but it still gets the U.S. what it wants.

mark_l_watson 13y ago
My government has a history of treating whistleblowers harshly when they embarrass either the government or the government's corporate masters. Our laws applied to whistleblowers are much harsher than in other countries (at least in the UK and most of Europe) so our government has powerful weapons to intimidate possible future whistleblowers. I think Snowden knew his life would effectively be over before he started this.