[zeestephen]

Re: "When he left Hong Kong after meeting with journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras and turning over hundreds of thousands of stolen files, Snowden's ultimate destination was Quito, Ecuador."

Snowden could have flown to Ecuador BEFORE he flew to Hong Kong. In fact, journalist Glenn Greenwald has lived right next door to Ecuador, in Brazil, for two decades.

Fact - at that point in time, Snowden had no idea if Ecuador would give him asylum or not.

Julian Assange got temporary asylum in the Ecuador London Embassy because Assange was in the politically sensitive secret information business.

All Snowden had to sell was CIA and NSA spy craft.

Snowden's "information" was nothing more than billions of completely useless emails and phone conversations.

[kiryandil]

Snowden's "information" was nothing more than billions of completely useless emails and phone conversations.

And exposing Clapper's felony perjury.

Which, in the turd-world American Jesters System, means nothing.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Snowden's "information" was nothing more than billions of completely useless emails and phone conversations.

If these billions of emails and phone conversations are useless, then why is the NSA collecting them?

What's the purpose of the data centers housing them?