Oh, Mr. Snowden.<p>Now you learn the nature of the bear.<p>Snowden, by revealing the surveillance on domestic inhabitants of the US did a service to his country, exposing overreach. However, turning over unrelated state secrets, to me was unnecessary and deplorable.<p>On the other hand, now he's learning Realpolitik and he's now a forgotten thorn. Moscow might be shopping him around, get him out of their craw. Who knows. But certainly meddling with internal politics of the regime will not procure favors, but from the decimated (not only as a metaphor) opposition.<p>Maybe he's itching to get out, or he's gone mad. This can't be a viable political move on his part.