White House presses Russia to expel Snowden; sharp words for China

<i>His failures to criticize these regimes suggests that his true motive throughout has been to injure the national security of the United States, not to advance Internet freedom and free speech.</i><p>This kind of logic baffles me.

Obama: &quot;What we know is that we&#x27;re following all the appropriate legal channels and working with various other countries to make sure the rule of law is observed&quot;<p>There seems to be a lot of double speak about THE LAW as being something universal. This seems to me to be mostly propaganda directed at Americans since foreign governments certainly understand the nuances of treaties, etc. I don&#x27;t want to be too critical but it seems like the USA being one of the few countries to not accept the world court is ironic.

How would is life play-out if he went back to the US, and how will it play out if he gets asylum somewhere like Ecuador? In the former would he die in prison, or would he some day be released, be it in a few years or many years? What precedents are there that span the long-term (i.e. more than Manning)? And if he gets asylum... in a year can he just live a quiet life, in a foreign country? Or will he constantly be looking over his shoulder, unable to ever return home, regretting his decision not to face the US legal system?