Feel free to speak?

Our self-appointed master of 'free-speak' George Brandis has travelled to the 'Land of the free and home of the brave' to apparently tell them how to suck eggs on the subject of 'free speech'. However, his reported remarks about the fugitive secrets-leaker Edward Snowden don't seem to quite gel with his previous liberal interpretations of what is legitimate 'free speech' and what isn't(?)

Maybe George is simply barracking for the home-side whilst a guest in their country?