I think you misread the point of my post. The statement about Facebook being great for intelligence gathering is accurate. My point was that the statement was

I think you misread the point of my post. The statement about Facebook being great for intelligence gathering is accurate. My point was that the statement was obvious, and didn't present a new or interesting view on the subject. That one line however, get's published across the web and because of the context (Snowden/NSA) and mention of Facebook, it will grab eyeballs. I generally discount things people say in interviews while promoting something like a book, movie, product etc.