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Snowden didn't leave the US to escape surveillance (as he's made clear, that doesn't really help). He left to escape a lifetime in prison.

• mpyne 13y ago
  > He left to escape a lifetime in prison. Like, Obama could just order the jury to convict him and order the judge to sentence him to prison? Neat system, that.
  • alan_cx 13y ago
    In a secret trial, yes.
    • mpyne 13y ago
      Are we already throwing U.S. citizens into secret trials now? If so that would be a far graver threat to liberty than mere surveillance. Where's the outrage over that then?