1) "including the indelible and truthful message that unless you're in bed with foreign spies or terrorists the NSA has less than zero interest in you" -> paten

1) "including the indelible and truthful message that unless you're in bed with foreign spies or terrorists the NSA has less than zero interest in you" -> patently false unless Angela Merkel has a very dark side unknown to the public. 2) His recommendations re beefing up counter intelligence appear utterly useless as Snowdens actions clearly does not fall within any reasonable definition of an intelligence operation directed against the NSA.