I understand where you're coming from. The US is the center of the world, while it seems everyone else only exists relative to them. It's a fair criticism, and I'm as guilty as the next person in my biased reading of news.

That said, that's not Snowden fault. Yes, he's an hypocrite, but so what? Are you judging him by the same standard as you judge yourself, or your friends? Or are you blaming him for the indifference of the whole Western population? He's just a guy.

Did anyone in the world care when Russian whistleblower Alexei Navalny got arrested? Was it on Hacker News front page?

Well, you didn't submit it. See my point about measuring others by a different standard? :)