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Is this news? Isn’t this expected?

Unofficially yes. But to be exposed in public like this IMHO it is an international incident, a diplomatic disaster for the United States government and the president too.

This is an incident because nations never formally admit that they listen to others.

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Snowden is so naive to believe the public should know what he is leaking, he sees it as a public service. It is an international disaster and a diplomatic disaster, the kind that destroys trust between nations.

I would have an international manhunt underway for Snowden. He would not be safe anywhere in the world....but then, that why I am not the leader and Obama is. If only he knew how to handle things like this....but alas his incompetence shows every day.