Originally Posted By: snowcrash
Originally Posted By: Tim
There could have been other ways he handled it,

Enlighten me on those other ways he could have revealed what he revealed.

Classified information abuse lines for one.

Originally Posted By: snowcrash
Originally Posted By: Tim
but he committed treason on so many different levels,

What levels are those? Daniel Ellsberg was likewise charged under the Espionage Act, but today walks the streets of the USA without a tracking bracelet. I hope that some day in the future Snowden will get to walk the streets of the USA. Without an ankle bracelet, even.

He should have been, but since I wasn't around at the time, I can't say what went on. What I can say is Snowden stole classified information, released that information, and released that information to a foreign entity which has more severe penalties depending on the markings of the document.