Pincus is a tool of the intelligence community (and I mean that in the most negative of senses). He’s bought and sold establishment and would say anything that the government wanted. Sorry, I believe Ellsworth and other folks over him.
@nimelennar covered the rest.
When they allow Snowden to make an actual defense in a public court that allows a jury to decide if he’s guilty or not based on whether he did public service, he’ll face a court. He’s spoken about this at length. The Espionage Act doesn’t allow for that. He’d wind up in a cell next to Manning even if a jury decided he’d done the country a service. As even people in the current administration have noted, Snowden exposed actual illegalities. (If you want a list, read the EFF piece.) Snowden is a hero.
