When asked if Snowden was a traitor, Alexander said Snowden isn't by the "textbook meaning," but Alexander clearly didn't approve of Snowden's behavior.
He did not know if Snowden intended to do so.
They don't know, at this point, if Snowden is who he says he is.
Asked if Snowden should be tried, Wyden declined to comment, saying he was not a prosecutor.
If Snowden was brought to Germany as a witness, he could meet these requirements.
But even if Snowden accepted the offer of asylum from Venezuela, problems getting to South America would continue to exist.
If Snowden were to be convicted of all the crimes he is accused of, he could face decades in prison.
If Snowden doesn't want to be a toy in someone else's game, he will lose himself in the endless Russian countryside.
When asked if Snowden had been questioned by the Chinese authorities before leaving Hong Kong, Assange said: "As far as I am aware that is false".
If Snowden hadn't come forward, the steady encroachment of the surveillance state would have continued, and most people would have been none the wiser.
Yet if Snowden were genuine, at any moment a CIA Swat team could burst into the room, confiscate his laptops and drag him away.
