The response is the same as we've heard before: If you're going to engage in an act of civil disobedience, you're throwing yourself at the mercy of the justice

The response is the same as we've heard before: If you're going to engage in an act of civil disobedience, you're throwing yourself at the mercy of the justice system. When in recent years so many programmers have had examples made of them, I can't say I have much confidence in the fair treatment of a previously relatively inconsequential man who made a monumental decision on one of the defining ethical dilemmas of our time. There's a gauntlet of institutional embarrassment that he'd have to run through. I can't blame the guy for staying in Russia.