> Rather than avail himself [Snowden] of the many lawful avenues to express legal, moral, or ethical qualms with U.S. intelligence activities ...
Yes, Snowden obviously should have chosen to sit in USG's cage instead of having meaningfully exposed their criminal conspiracy!
I guess the struggle of being on the wrong side of history is that you have to double-down on efforts to keep the temporary condition going. These skinjobs know that when their reign is over, it's over for good.
FWIW I think this idea that Obama is all of a sudden going to pardon Snowden is laughable. But the outcome of this situation will be a good indicator of whether Obama was actually a decent person trapped by politics, or yet another empty salesperson for the status quo.