[Freestyler_3]

You can't hold it against someone that they don't want to be tortured/killed.

[empath-nirvana]

Nobody was going to torture or kill snowden. His risk was prison, no more.

[oaththrowaway]

Nobody gets tortured or killed in prison?

Regardless of your thoughts on the guy, nobody deserves what Assange has gone through in custody. Same with Manning.

[wnoise]

After Guantánamo, that's not a risk I'd like to take.