Snowden Is No Reason to Disengage With Russia

If the U.S. wants to cool its relations with Russia, there are better reasons to do so than President Vladimir Putin’s decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden.

Legislators from both sides of the political divide have been pressuring President Barack Obama to somehow punish Putin for harboring a man wanted in the U.S. for publicly disclosing information about the National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance operations. The White House has suggested that Obama might cancel a summit with Putin scheduled for next month.