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Thanks for sharing your POV. Do you think Snowdon's revelations had any beneficial impact, or is your view of them entirely negative?

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I think it was important for the citizens to know what powers they have given the NSA. They did not have an accurate sense of that before Snowden. But he released a lot more than that, much of which will hurt the NSA's capabilities.

Thanks for your response. I'd question whether the American people having given the NSA those powers - it's more like:

Lawyers working for the NSA have deemed certain methods of data collection as being in accordance with US law, as voted for by elected officials within the context of a not great two-party democracy.

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