By Revealing PRISM, Snowden May Have Committed Treason

◼ Like many others, we have raised constitutional questions about the expansive nature of the so-called Prism program that collects data on more than 100 million Americans. - IBD EDITORIAL

That said, Snowden's revelation of Prism and U.S. intelligence data-mining efforts to the left-wing British newspaper the Guardian broke the law. As a government contractor with top-security clearance, he agreed not to reveal the secrets that were entrusted to him, under penalty of U.S. law. He violated that....

◼ Russia offers to consider asylum request - Miriam Elder in Moscow/The Guardian

◼ Has the US become the type of nation from which you have to seek asylum? - Timothy B. Lee/Washington Post

Americans are familiar with stories of dissidents fleeing repressive regimes such as those in China or Iran and seeking asylum in the United States. Snowden is in the opposite position. He’s an American leaving the land of his birth because he fears persecution.