True but unfortunately that makes it very easy for the US to declare Snowden a traitor and Russian Spy. I suppose he could have hidden in an Ecuadorian embassy like Assange - seriously though, respect to Ecuador for not giving in to US demands for so long.
Here's what would have happened to Snowden if they got him:
https://www.rt.com/usa/214303-usa-manning-torture-relatives/
The truth is that the US don't practice what they preach, at all. And they don't have to, because there will always be people supporting them and spreading their propaganda thanks to this idea that 'rich = right'. The US is a rich country, so they must be right, always. Pakistan is a poor country, so we must be wrong all the time.
And anyone who questions that is a West-hating Commie/Islamic Extremist/[whoever the new villain is].