<story><title>Let Snowden Come Home</title><url>http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/its-time-to-let-edward-snowden-come-home</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hueving</author><text>&amp;gt;I would join the hopefully overwhelming protests in favor of his release.&lt;p&gt;All 12 of us would be fired up! More seriously, did you see the bit on John Oliver about Snowden? The majority of the US population have no idea who Snowden is. Be careful not to get caught up in our tech news bubble.</text></item><item><author>austinhutch</author><text>If he were to come back to the USA and then subsequently be detained, I would join the hopefully overwhelming protests in favor of his release. I am hoping if such a time comes, that there will be a historic level of demonstration advocating for his freedom.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mortehu</author><text>I think the being known to a majority of the US population is a way too high bar.  In a 2010 poll[1], only 59% knew the name of the vice president, as mentioned in a Greenwald article[2] about this issue.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewforum.org&amp;#x2F;2010&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;28&amp;#x2F;u-s-religious-knowledge-survey-who-knows-what-about-religion&amp;#x2F;#Nonreligious&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewforum.org&amp;#x2F;2010&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;28&amp;#x2F;u-s-religious-knowledge-s...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;firstlook.org&amp;#x2F;theintercept&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;john-oliver-interview-political-disengagement-american-public&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;firstlook.org&amp;#x2F;theintercept&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;john-oliver-in...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Let Snowden Come Home</title><url>http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/its-time-to-let-edward-snowden-come-home</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hueving</author><text>&amp;gt;I would join the hopefully overwhelming protests in favor of his release.&lt;p&gt;All 12 of us would be fired up! More seriously, did you see the bit on John Oliver about Snowden? The majority of the US population have no idea who Snowden is. Be careful not to get caught up in our tech news bubble.</text></item><item><author>austinhutch</author><text>If he were to come back to the USA and then subsequently be detained, I would join the hopefully overwhelming protests in favor of his release. I am hoping if such a time comes, that there will be a historic level of demonstration advocating for his freedom.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>electic</author><text>It is easy to also forget, however sad, that the people that do know of Snowden, and are familiar with what he did, think he is a traitor and should stand trial for his &amp;quot;crimes&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;poll-most-think-edward-snowden-should-stand-trial-in-us&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;poll-most-think-edward-snowden-s...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>