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(53,764 posts)He hasn't been charged because he's not in custody, but according to the following definitions he could be charged with both if he's ever in custody in this country.
"Sedition is an overt subversive act which leads to incitement against status quo or authority or order. It is a challenge to the establishment. It may be a book, a painting, an idea, a speech, pretty much anything that can act as a vehicle of an anti-establishment idea.
Treason, on the other hand, involves colluding with anti-national forces in terms of providing material support to people or groups who work against the idea of one's nation."
Snowden did kinda commit "an overt subversive act which leads to incitement against status quo or authority or order."
And he did kinda "collude with anti-national forces (two foreign countries) in terms of providing material support to people or groups who work against the idea of one's nation."
So I take back my sedition only post to say he's guilty of a little of both sedition and treason. He shoulda showed a little courage and stayed home and exposed the NSA through alternative means and be a true whistle blower and not collude with Greenwald, who it now seems was only out for himself and his next big career move partnering with Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar in a new media venture to rake in dough while poor, naive Snowden is stuck in Russia with nowhere to go.
Sure looks like he was used to me.