>Narrative as I perceive it, is snowden is bad guy
I think that is so.
Q's question the other day was why was in Snowden in China, Russia, NK (I think).
I figure it may be because he could work on censorship algorithms and test them in real time.
Also, if the final step was to embed censorship code on US sites maybe it's a way to skirt US privacy laws if that code came from overseas. Native American English speaker worker for a foreign company, so best possible scenario for fine tuning English code.
I see the Miller Act mentioned wrt McKibben/Leader Technology SM source code being stolen. I don't understand the law very well , but I wonder if foreign companies may be a way to circumvent some of the Act's parameters.
Best I can figure is the Miller Act seems to deal with subcontractors who may get screwed in big government projects. Maybe a foreign company interjecting code into McKibben's IP is a way around liability in some manner, not sure.