From reading the opening and skimming the rest, I infer that the author&#x27;s stance amounts to &quot;Snowden raised incredibly important questions profoundly affecting our society, but I don&#x27;t care about the debate regarding his fate and therefore the fate of future whistleblowers; they don&#x27;t matter and neither does the question of encouraging or discouraging them in the future.&quot;<p>Weak stance in my opinion.