So, who are these people that are handling Edward Snowden?

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37. Sorry leveymg...

This side of the story is not as simple as the one that keeps getting stated here.

The President is spying on everyone! Worse than Bush!

I don't think your links at all "prove" your intimation that Snowden is being handled by Chinese and Russian Intel, anyway. If that were proven or provable, the Justice Department would announce it.

How about these people. They are the ones that are steering the course.

When folks like Julian Assange, Jacob Applebaum and Laura Poitras say that they are being surveilled by the US government (and therefore we should all be scared shitless about being surveilled ourselves), this is why. They are not innocent players in this world-wide battle over the internet. And they're fighting back...with the likes of Edward Snowden. Just like they fought back against Bank of America by hacking their secrets.

There are HUGE issues at stake here...privacy, piracy, hacking, who controls the internet, and the international balance of power with cyber security threats. But the idea that the Assange's and Greenwald's and Applebaum's of the world are taking up this cause on behalf of everyday Americans is pure hogwash.

Sorry you find this so hard to follow. I agree it is complex. However this is not a simple issue that can be stated in one or two paragraphs. You need to research the subject.