> [...] the Russians and Chinese governments now know what the NSA is up to [...] I really fail to see which part of the Snowden revelations does directly help

> [...] the Russians and Chinese governments now know what the NSA is up to [...] I really fail to see which part of the Snowden revelations does directly help foreign agencies. They probably knew most of the things he disclosed years before, because it's their job to know in contrast with the average citizen who has other things to worry about.