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That comment isn't well worded, but I've made similar ones.

It's a counterpoint to people saying that Snowden is being 'persecuted' and that the USA is now a place that freedom loving people flee from.

Whilst I agree with the view that we should not have mass surveillance and it would be horrifying if someone were persecuted for expressing that view, that is not why the US is chasing him.

He is being chased for intentionally stealing classified documents. Can you name a government that wouldn't pursue someone who did this?