Snowden Nominated for Nobel. Wha?

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The original, maybe-libertarian, formerly-super-rich, renegade hacker spy Edward Snowden has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Whether he is awarded this increasingly-irrelevant honor is not important, but the following statement is:

From RT.com:

(Stefan Svallfors, a) Swedish sociology professor has nominated Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize. He says the NSA whistleblower could help “save the prize from the disrepute incurred by the hasty and ill-conceived decision” to give the 2009 award to Barack Obama.

At least Europe is finally admitting its 2009 mistake. More as this develops...