If history is any indication they'll go bananas:

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Gunblade

Neither of those substances are overly dangerous or radioactive. It's the stuff with shorter half lives that you have to worry about. It decays faster, and pound-for-pound will release a greater amount of radioactivity in a shorter time scale.

PU-238 has a half life of 87.7 years. It will be cold and inert thousands of years before entering another star system.

Any move by Snowden will be met with capture.

The NSA's done its job quite well even if some may dispute its actions; the major damage has occurred as a result of Snowden.

If anything, it should then be open season on anyone that tries to extradite them or represents those countries.

In addition, the US (given a more willing POTUS) would just make it a living nightmare for them not to extradite to the US.

That will end when he's finally captured, prosecuted, convicted, and put beyond pardon. Worst case, ensure that he and his immediate helpers can do no more damage - in any way possible.

Snowden thought wrong and now he puts US citizens of all types in danger by attacking the NSA. No amount of modbombing will change that.

Only if Snowden and his supporters fall on it first..

At any point in that chain, the US can still snoop or put US-friendly people/technology in place.

The problem with that is the US has a much higher threshold for such activities - whether in the US or across the world.

That said, the US has (without apology) an empire to maintain and that it should not have to be made to submit to the world.

Google was willing to deal with China, a country willing to silence someone for much less than the US. In spite of that, some people may have been quite angered at having that pointed out.

When one throws away their career, consorts with the enemy, and provides them aid through unauthorized disclosures of information - they lost any ability to be measured as an American.

If you want to find the "better American", it'll be those involved in the capture, prosecution, and conviction of Snowden.

Indirect evidence would show up, much like it has prior to Snowden's actions.

It is a position that maintains the idea that the US does not submit to the world.

However, he cannot escape the consequences of putting his own judgment in front of others.

How interesting that you're calling me out with a greater amount of anonymity versus my own. At least I'm willing to put my "name" to my opinion regarding the misdeeds of Snowden and their implications throughout the world.

I hope those modpoints were worth it.

There's enough evidence to convict him and keep him from being pardoned.