I'm a little shocked that even here on Hacker News, most of the top-level comments fell for the headline, rather than focusing the attention back where it belongs: the reason why Snowden needs asylum in the first place.
Enough of this drama. Snowden has served his purpose in revealing the extend of the NSA shenanigans, but we really shouldn't have to read about his every move.
This Reuters news release does not even mention the nature of the leaks that put Mr. Snowden in this situation. It's truly a sad state of reporting and public discourse.
Edit: taking a bit of my own advice:
We need to stop the NSA snooping all of our communications and restore due process for searches and seizures!
Enough of this drama. Snowden has served his purpose in revealing the extend of the NSA shenanigans, but we really shouldn't have to read about his every move.
This Reuters news release does not even mention the nature of the leaks that put Mr. Snowden in this situation. It's truly a sad state of reporting and public discourse.
Edit: taking a bit of my own advice:
We need to stop the NSA snooping all of our communications and restore due process for searches and seizures!