Did I miss when Woodward and Bernstein were prosecuted for treason?
The question of Snowden will be a decisive one in the Republican primary. I’m not sure who else besides Rand Paul and Ted Cruz will be positive about Snowden’s leaks. I think both have praised the leaks but neither has said he should not be prosecuted or be pardoned.
It might be that he should not be pardoned and should be prosecuted, but still a praiseworthy act. That is the real civil disobedience, where you accept the consequences of your defiance, an act of courage, rather than a pretentious publicity stunt. Sophocles wrote a play about that once.