My reading of it was that "Senior intelligence officials" could mean anyone that actually agreed with Snowden but didn't have the balls or opportunity to go thr

My reading of it was that "Senior intelligence officials" could mean anyone that actually agreed with Snowden but didn't have the balls or opportunity to go through with what he did. Now they're taking the opportunity to twist the knife so maybe real change will come about. In other words, it's possible that not everyone in the NSA/government thinks what the NSA is doing is good, and will take the opportunity to point out its ineptness. I doubt Snowden was the only person in the NSA who didn't like what he was seeing.