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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he'd had the courage of his convictions to stay here and face the consequences of his behavior, I'd probably view him as a hero and hope that he would be pardoned. That he instead hightailed it out of the country and then decided to stay in Russia, a place that should be so deeply antithetical to his beliefs about transparency, privacy and freedom, completely destroyed his credibility in my mind. He's an opportunist.[/quote]

He fled because he has no defense is under the Espionage Act, which makes no exemptions for whistle blowers or bungles. He knew that going into it (which is what makes his actions brave).

Anyway, if you're going to prosecute whistle blowers who actually do the public a huge favor like Snowden then you should also prosecute bungles like HRC. She also passed along classified into to people she shouldn't have (supposedly through carelessness and on accident by why should that matter?). Bother or neither. [/quote]

No. Running is the opposite of bravery. Bravery taking a stand. You can't run and stand at the same time.

Nelson Mandela didn't flee. He was willing to sacrifice himself for his principles and let his imprisonment indict South Africa. That's bravery.[/quote]

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