I don't understand this Snowden "controversy"

[randome]

49. The PowerPoint presentations may have been simply a marketing tool of some sort.

You'd think if he had the access he claims, he could have furnished something better than that. I doubt the NSA does high-level espionage planning with PowerPoint.

But even granting the possibility that it's an 'authentic' PowerPoint presentation, all the major companies say it isn't happening. And our DU experts on network administration say it's not possible.

The weight of evidence, despite the PowerPoint slides, still doesn't add up for me.

But that's just me.

On edit: actually, the latest thinking about the PowerPoint slides is that Snowden & Greenwald misinterpreted them. The 'servers' they assumed meant 'direct access' are simply a means for the companies to transfer data to the NSA when a warrant is received.

These companies deal with millions of customers on a daily basis. It makes sense they would have a means to comply with warrants in an efficient manner. As is pointed out in this thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023012813 , what does anyone expect them to do? Put the data on a CD and mail it?

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