< The fallout from the Snowden leaks have hurt U.S. technology firms' ability to sell their products overseas, he added. Yes and the costs are estimated to be

< The fallout from the Snowden leaks have hurt U.S. technology firms' ability to sell their products overseas, he added. Yes and the costs are estimated to be as high as $180B (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/22/business/fallout-from-snowden-hurting-bottom-line-of-tech-companies.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/22/business/fallout-from-snow...). However, this is a very close-minded thing to say, which I would have never expected from Marc Andreesen. It's not the Snowden revelations that have caused the $180B damages, it's the government breaking the law and our big tech-companies and not having a spine to fight against these violations that caused these damages.