Snowden should not be given clemency of any kind. The content of his disclosure is not relevant to clemency. The act of disclosure itself is what justifies pr

Snowden should not be given clemency of any kind. The content of his disclosure is not relevant to clemency. The act of disclosure itself is what justifies prosecution. Precedence and all that. Having said that, my provisional opinion of Snowden is that he is a self sacrificing hero. Insufficiently judicious, as the Slate article well covers, but still heroic.