re: Edward Snowden requests asylum from Russia. Have you changed your mind?

Reading the post in this thread it seems that at least the OTB posters have to decided for themselves that this guy is a traitor with no assistance needed from the government

Also, him no longer seeking asylum in Russia may have more to do with Russia telling him to get the frick out than it does with him deciding to leave. None of us knows what really goes on behind the scenes in situations like this but I would imagine there's a lot of political maneuvering and posturing that occurs