Surely the implied point is that Yardley ”made Edward Snowden inevitable” by founding the totemic precursor (Black Chamber) of the institution that Snowden work

Surely the implied point is that Yardley ”made Edward Snowden inevitable” by founding the totemic precursor (Black Chamber) of the institution that Snowden worked for and to whose practices he eventually objected so visibly. Beyond the somewhat ‘clickbaitish’ title and blind casting-around for parallels and analogies I found it to be a rather interesting insight into the history of code-breaking in the US.