Exactly. "“He told us nothing we didn’t know before,” Putin said of Snowden" that reads like he is trying to make life pricklier for the people claiming that great damage was done to national security by revealing these secrets. That is exactly the sort of thing I would say if I wanted to amuse myself by annoying US politicians.

I expect you're probably right. I bet Putin is getting a huge kick out of all this.

Well, to me this hints that Mr. Putin has a good sense of humor! He and his friends must have had quite a fun time last week.

hahah, wow I wound't ever come up with that. But it actually sounds plausible. Hat's off Putin, international Trolling debut.