It is not unthinkable that this was an approved and planned 'leak' for any number of reasons. Also this doesn't appear to have been a leak associated with Snow

It is not unthinkable that this was an approved and planned 'leak' for any number of reasons. Also this doesn't appear to have been a leak associated with Snowden. But it is certain that the Snowden leaks even being possible is a huge f'up on the part of the NSA who is supposed to be all about secrecy and data security.