There are two things that jump out at me regarding Snowden and this situation.

The first is that I'm amazed anybody would ever again think that Government is competent at anything they do. Some of the countries deepest, darkest secrets walked out of the country in the briefcase of a contract worker?? And we think they are competent at running ____________ too?? Not only can this Government not keep an eye on their own spies/analyst's they can't even find a way to get them on the payroll! Boy that just gives me a warm/fuzzy.

The second thing is this line of Congress members screaming bloody murder about what a traitor this guy is. Don't they realize that this type of spying/data collection could just as easily be used against them as it could against any of us? Is their hubris so large that they think an embedded organization couldn't use their power against those who only have the job for four to six years? If I where to base my whole campaign on getting rid of the NSA and repeal the PA how far do you think I'd make it before my skeletons where "leaked" out to the whole world?

This whole thing is just another example of Gov governing from election to election without anyone looking at the big picture or where we will be at as a nation in 5, 10 or 20 years from now!!!