Perhaps Ed Snowden has reason to not piss off the political flavor of the month, for extrajudicial rendition and the death penalty for treason exist. Maybe he's ok with promoting technology because it gets the job done with less political fall out for him.
"And I’ve come to the conclusion that he’s promoting an idiotic worldview that’s completely devoid of answers for how to effectively combat the threat that Donald Trump and his neo-fascist goons pose to our democracy."