I think several "political analysts" on tv owe Snowden an apology for saying his claim of being able to read the President's email was grandiose, given this prior proof.
And just imagine what unsupervised contractors do.
At today's hearing, Rep. Himes was focused on the risks of collecting the data even assuming good processes and oversight for legitimate access. In response the NSA said that there hadn't been any examples of people ignoring processes and getting improper access. But here's at least one ...
Because each court order could single out hundreds or even thousands of phone numbers or e-mail addresses, the number of individual communications that were improperly collected could number in the millions, officials said.
And just imagine what unsupervised contractors do.