Ironic? Not in the least. Even if he only mildly knew about the things he described he has an understanding of the points of tap the state actors have free acce

Ironic? Not in the least. Even if he only mildly knew about the things he described he has an understanding of the points of tap the state actors have free access to. In all generalities hiding from the NSA should be trivial with simple precautions (as it pertains to the Internet). Part of the problem is that those points of access are generally revered as daily can't-live-withouts and present trivial access and collection easement. The more interesting point will likely be that they don't find him - and then generalizations can be made about the efficacy of the NSA without their crutch. Good old 'Catch Me if You Can'? TL;DR Just because it's the NSA doesn't mean you can't beat them at what they do. There's always someone in the room smarter than yourself.