And I suppose you think the Chinese and the Russians are providing all this support because they're such good guys and they hate to see anyone being persecuted by their government? Because they believe in freedom and democracy and world peace and international fair play and all the rest? Nonsense. They helped Snowned because they were paid, and paid well, for their support in the only currency Snowden had - information on our surveillance activites against them.
“And I suppose you think the Chinese and the Russians are providing all this support because they’re such good guys and they hate to see anyone being persecuted by their government?”
No, but I have yet to see any direct evidence of their being given anything. For openers, I doubt that Snowden carried anything with him. All of his purloined info was posted with others probably through his “girlfriend” @ Wikileaks. The whole mess is very sad, but I am not into conjecture as to who has what until I see concrete evidence of same. Snowden has destroyed the rest of his life. Why would he do that? I have seen nothing to suggest he was some left wing “activist.”
At the very least, Snowden has made it clear to all of us, the true dimensions of our government’s spying activities and most importantly, how they have run roughshod over all of us. He’s rained heavily on the NSA’s “parade,” and I am grateful that he has done so. We can no longer be in the “don’t worry, be happy” mode. The government’s vision of “making us safe” doesn’t wash.