The Hacker-in-Chief is exploiting the weaknesses in the system (i.e. conservatives' penchant for following rules) to accomplish his own ends.
In the case of Snowden, we simply have one patriot who is willing to apply Alinksyite tactics to the other side. He's a man with, as far as I can tell, altruistic motives that transcend traditional left-right politics and go the heart of our personal freedoms as Americans. JMO.
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You might want to go further then what you can tell....