Y’all have a very naive view of the US justice system.

> Snowden would have at least been able to argue his whistleblowing case in court if he stayed in the US and limited his leaks to illegal or quasi-illegal behavior

Snowden would not even be allowed to have a public trial, let alone “argue his case in court”? Are you kidding me? He is not even legally allowed to make a case for why the things he leaked were illegal.