If the contract employee “amateur” Snowden took them, then you must assume that the Russian and Chinese intelligence services already had them via other agents.
“If the contract employee “amateur” Snowden took them, then you must assume that the Russian and Chinese intelligence services already had them via other agents.”
Exactly. Our security procedures have been extremely lacking. If a junior network admin had access to that much information imagine what dedicated and professional spooks have had access to.