Does Edward Snowden understand what he did?

October 1970, the airport of the Turkish city of Trabzon. The Soviet passenger liner An-24 landed on its board - 46 passengers, two pilots, one of them was seriously wounded, a flight mechanic, a navigator and one dead flight attendant. The perpetrators are two, one son, the other is the father. They are fighters for freedom and strive for European values. On the way to bright ideals there was one hindrance: a young girl-bride, who was planning to marry in three months. The barrier is eliminated, stewardess Nadezhda Kurchenko is killed.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR demanded the issuance of the Brazinskasov - this was the name of the killers. The answer is negative. Moreover, fearing for the lives of democracy advocates, US authorities granted them asylum.

What do Brazinskasy and Edward Snowden have in common? What did he do, for which his extradition is required by a country that considers itself to be the mainstay of democratic values? All three are refugees who fear for their lives. Only Edward did not kill anyone.

The biography of this still young man with the appearance of a student "botanist" is not quite common. He always loved his country, was ready to fight for her interests in Iraq and took an active life position by volunteering for the US Army. He did not make a military career - he injured his legs during the exercises, but he did not lose the fuse from this. The other would simply be engaged in some kind of peaceful affair, but not Edward Snowden. What he did next, does not fit into the framework of ordinary life. He became an employee of the American special services, first the CIA, and then the NSA.

After a while the young romantic was convinced that the struggle for bright ideals is not always carried out with his hands in white gloves. What, in all likelihood, is so necessary, because enemy terrorists are treacherous. Only now is the trouble: there is an unauthorized audition not where they can be (at least, as far as could be judged by Edward Snowden). What did he do to make sure of this finally? He convinced his employees to provide him with logins and passwords, and learned who is controlled by American intelligence.

So it is: they listen not to Al-Qaeda, and not even to the authoritarian Moscow Kremlin, but to officials from European democratic and friendly countries. And also ordinary citizens, and on such a scale as the special services of totalitarian states, including the Soviet KGB , did not dream. Still, because the technical capabilities of the CIA allow ...

If Edward was greedy, he could easily get rich by selling secrets. And he could not do anything at all, because he had a well-paid, non-dust work, know yourself, work hard and live cheerfully. But not such a man Edward Snowden. What did he do when he learned the facts, extremely unpleasant for him as a convinced champion of freedom? Began to provide materials to the free press. This was the reason for his persecution, which could well lead to an electric chair.

Once there was an old anecdote about how a man who called a head of state a fool was convicted on two counts, first, for insulting, and secondly, for divulging state secrets.

What Edward Snowden told, has offended many leaders of European countries. It turns out they were auditioned, and then also commented on what they heard, calling all respected presidents and premiers all kinds of bad words. Barack Obama was very uncomfortable.

Special services tried very hard to find out where Edward Snowden is. The latest news on November 1, 2013 was that the former employee of ABN is in the Russian Federation, where he was granted a residence permit. Apparently, the information made public was not a big secret for Vladimir Putin, but the Russian authorities do not intend to issue Snowden. He's not a murderer ...