> It could just be a case of the Russian government realizing he's never going to give them what they want, so they decided to stop helping him out in the hopes

> It could just be a case of the Russian government realizing he's never going to give them what they want, so they decided to stop helping him out in the hopes that a lengthy prison sentence might encourage him. But they did get what they want. They got a great idea of NSA/US SIGINT operations and a smear against the US government. What else do you think Russia wants?