US spy chief Clapper defends Prism and phone surveillance

[Lauren Johnson]

'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'

May a million Bradley Mannings and Edward Snowdens bloom.

Further up this thread, I asked the question Why now? This has been around for years. Why this leak now?

Scott Creighton just calls the whole thing a psyop and calls Snowden a "manufactured hero":

Glenn Greenwald's secret whistle-blower has exposed himself for reasons yet unknown. Well, I'll tell you one of the reasons, they got sick of Greenwald doing all those interviews, now they got "their guy" front and center to take the spotlight off Glenn.
His name is Edward Snowden and by his own account he is a very high-paid employee of NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. He's been with them for at least 4 years working at the NSA facility in Hawaii.
According to a Guardian article which revealed his name, the guy is now hiding out in Hong Kong, which he readily offers up himself, in a "nice" hotel, sitting in his room with some kind of blanket hood over his head and laptop.
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2013/06/...more-25587

His argument is not strong; lots of speculation. But it should be considered. My suspicions are that he is on to something.