On the issue of "stolen" documents . . . [View all]

[markpkessinger]

The rightful owners of all information possessed by the government are the people that elected that government. The government holds a proxy ownership of the information. While it is legitimate, in some instances, for a government to classify certain information in the interest of public safety, when an agency of the federal government is caught lying to the elected body charged with overseeing that agency, when questioned directly by that elected body, then any claim to proxy ownership by that agency has been rendered illegitimate (even if not technically illegal). So claims about Snowden "stealing" documents are seriously overblown. Just my opinion, of course.