[RegularOpossum]

Should have never run and would have been out free by now like Chelsea Manning.

[segasaturn]

He may have, but it's not as like we knew Manning was going to be pardoned in 2013. She was also put through extremely cruel and unusual treatment during detention, such as being kept in solitary confinement for months at a time for no reason other than to make an example.

[janice1999]

Remember when Mike Pompeo, who would go on to be both a CIA Director and Secretary of State, publicly called for Snowden to be executed. I do.

[viraptor]

Unless you're involved in that decision making process and leaking the information here, that's just pure random guy internet speculation. The scope for them was very different and you're basically saying "trust this with your life, you'll be totally fine".

[paulryanrogers]

My guess is he'd be serving a life sentence.

[Glyptodon]

Powers that be have always had it in waaaaaay more for Snowden. I don't think he'd be free like Manning.

[klAsglx]

What is this based on? No matter what people think he deserves, my guess is that Snowden, like Assange, is a character that the ruling class wants to make an example of. Chelsea Manning does not threaten the ruling class, especially after you know what.

Assange is still being charged.

[kemotep]

Same with Reality Winner.

Seems like everyone else who blew the whistle about this stuff didn’t need to run away.