Agreed. Although I have seen some tabloid-esque articles get upvoted, it's important that the issue of NSA wiretapping (not necessarily the whereabouts of Snowd

Agreed. Although I have seen some tabloid-esque articles get upvoted, it's important that the issue of NSA wiretapping (not necessarily the whereabouts of Snowden) do not fade from our mind. It's important here on HN especially, because as technologists we understand far better than others, politicians in particular, the gravity of collecting even the most trivial data. (See the great article "Using Metadata to find Paul Revere")