Snowden Didn't "Flee to Russia": Obama Trapped Him There Snowden Didn’t “Flee to Russia”: Obama Trapped Him There Authored by Brian McGlinchey via Stark Realities When Russian President Vladimir Putin granted citizenship to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday, the news revived a long-simmering debate about the propriety of his revelations of U.S. government secrets. At the …