Expect more revelations, as the "cross-border" criterion for information capture disappears from the debate. All communication will be captured all of the time

Expect more revelations, as the "cross-border" criterion for information capture disappears from the debate. All communication will be captured all of the time. The upshot -- we have the best excuse in years to begin purging our ruling class. Does the NSA have dirt on them? Did Snowden manage to get some of that dirt and hand it over to Putin? Probably not, but as the mafiosi in Casino said, why take the chance?