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> Perhaps it's also asking too much, but - IMO - if he really wanted to make a statement with full moral authority he could have just pulled a Socrates and stood trial here in the US.

I hope you hold yourself to such standards. Otherwise you are just a hypocrite[1].

[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrite

Definition: 1. :a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion. 2. : a person who acts in contradiction to his or her stated beliefs or feelings.

p.s. He is an imperfect human being. His life is already destroyed and yet you demand that he puts himself to nothing less than the same mistreatment as Bradley Manning (or worse) else you dismiss him? Aren't you full of yourself.

I hope you realize that I'm giving you the exact same treatment that you are giving Snowden so the irony is not lost in me. How does it feel?