IRONY OR CHEEK? Former judge Baltasar Garzón will join the legal defense team of Edward Snowden, who is accusing the US government of illegal wiretapping. Yes, the same Baltasar Garzón, whose reason for being formerly and not currently a judge is that he was convicted... for illegallly wiretapping the confidential communications in jail between defendants and their attorneys.

Regardless of what you think about the case itself, this is almost as odd as escaping from the US govenment prosecution and sheltering in Russia, Cuba, and ultimately Venezuela. Oh, wait...