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Of course it is, he is embarassing their biggest competitor and ripping the band-aid off the gaping wound the US likes to call "freedom."

Why mess with the golden goose? They just let Snowden do his thing, he doesn't have any useful intel for them as they are running the same types of programs.

You are correct that if Russia didn't like what he is saying he'd be in detention. They really like how he embarasses US.