[wideawake]

If the US was holding a Russian who spied for China against Russia and was under indictment, Russia would request extradition.

We would likely refuse to hand him over to Russia, and would also likely refuse to grant him asylum.

In other words, we would be telling Russia that we understand where they're coming from but that we will not act as an extension of the Russian government.

That's exactly what Russia is doing now with regards to the US.

[dragnet2]

The math is pretty simple: if I harbor a citizen of another country who committed espionage against that country, then I have little chance that I will be able to ask other countries for help when I need to track down one of my own fugitives.

What??

It's was the U.S. government doing the espionage on that country which is harboring the person who ratted out the country committing espionage, which was the U.S. government.

Too funny..

This isn't about Snowden..It's about the U.S. government spying on everyone, including law abiding U.S. citizens...

wow...

You dance duck and spin real good!