[Kevin]

How do you know he was? At this point, if he says he's not cooperating with Chinese and Russian intelligence, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. If he really was doing this for their benefit, do you think he would have telegraphed it by first leaking everything (without getting too specific) to the Guardian? Or do you think he would have pocketed some massive amounts of cash and gone into hiding under the protection of one of those governments?

This guy gave up a really good life in the United States to a life where regardless of what country grants him asylum, he's going to be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his days for someone who might plant evidence against him, make up phony charges as happened to Assange or just kill him.

And really, why do you think he's flown via countries which don't actively cooperate with the U.S.? Maybe because none of those countries have strong extradition relationships with the U.S., or in the case of Russia, might demand the request so 'ol Putin can thumb his nose at Washington?

And those depicting him as mentally unbalanced... that's pretty familiar territory for what we do to those who dissent, isn't it? They must be unbalanced. I recall a number of years ago some folks broke into a location to obtain psychological records of an individual who was facing charges for leaking papers which proved we had known for many years that the Vietnam War was a lost cause... personally discrediting these brave folks seems to be part of the playbook.