The people I'm around in real life are convinced the government is recording everything

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19. We have no evidence that Snowden is 'dealing this data' to anyone other

than Greenwald. Unless you are privy to information I have not seen.

While the evidence is still out on whether he is a 'whistleblower' as the statutes define it, I think it is fair at this point to call Snowden a 'leaker' in the same way that Ellsberg was a 'leaker' of the Pentagon Papers.

What I heard Snowden say was that analysts could, i.e., were able to, tap into any call they desired, not that the NSA as a policy was so doing. One thing to come out of Snowden's leaks is the need for way more robust oversight. If what Snowden alleges is true.

I take it you clearly disapprove of Snowden's leaking, as is your right. I have mixed feelings, but right now I would have to say that I approve of Snowden's leaks, based on what I have read and seen thus far. There's simply no such thing as too much oversight when potential invasions of people's privacy are at stake.