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Be like Edward Snowden
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And now they're on Russia's payroll
Wasnt a choice for Snowden. He wanted to go to South America, they trapped him in Russia. Now he has to wave and smile to whatever happens there politically.
Snowden could have
been an official whistleblower and avoided prosecution
leaked only to US papers and avoided prosecution
leaked only non-classified information and avoided prosecution
Snowden sold classified info to enemies of the US. He made his bed.
He didn't sell anything. After trying to raise internal concerns about his work, he leaked classified information to The Washington Post and The Guardian.
Then the DoJ cancelled his passport due to "espionage" and he got stuck in Russia, where he still lives today.