US has definitely been left with a big pie in the face. This administration is out of control.  Remember, we just had the engineered IRS harassment of citizens for political purposes and we just had the politically engineered statements on Benghazi.  This may explain why Obama was mentally absent during the first prezzy debate with Romney.

You're a real clown if you think that the NSA started spying during this administration's term.

No one said "started", but certainly escalated and expanded to unprecedented levels in the past few years.   If the great Bush had done half of this, you liberals would be up in arms marching and burning the stars and stripes.  Snowden is correct, who stops the next guy from going the next level.  Sooner or later we have a "Stalinist" doctrine over the USA.

We need to elect Rand Paul in 2016.

The NSA is doing exactly what it must do to protect the assets and intellectual property of the state. Chins steals..simply put

Prism came on line in 2007. Rand Paul is a racist ass like you.

As I said earlier, Obama serve you up pupu, you will hail it as pudding.

The NSA has been doing the same thing under Bush and every other president who preceded him for sixty years now. Spying. The only difference today is that the technology has changed from previous administrations. They were listening to phone calls and scanning emails in Bush's time as they do today because phones and emails were around then. If Twitter and Facebook were available in Bush's era, they would have done the same as they are doing today. 

Snowden is nothing but a filthy traitor.

Do you think that other developed countries are not doing the same thing?

The NSA is not Obama. It runs with oversight of congress and has institutional longevity overarching any presidency. Echelon was designed by Poindexter. Carnivore was a Bush development and Prism is the outcome. It is what any government with intent on consolidating intelligence gathering would concern itself with in this era of fundamentalist stateless actors intending to harm its citizens.

huh . . . seriously dude??

like i advised u yesterday . . . quit trying so goddamn hard

Snowden cannot run. Russia will not keep him. He better hope there is a direct flight to Cuba and on to Ecuador. Further, presidents of Latin nations come and go. If not today tomorrow. He cannot hide.

You late, we know that.  He has not requested asylum in Russia.  Last week Putin called him a human right activist and left the door open for asylum.

The US official acted rashly calling for his head and accusing him of treason.  That politicize the entire issue.  The fact that this administration now even want to consider targeting reporters in such cases tells how far democracy has degenerated under Obama.

there is nothing rash to advertize what he is and the penalties he face. He is a traitor. The only thing degenerated under Obama is your mind. Reporters never had carte blanche to do as they please. Further, the structure of the law demanded the reporter be listed as a co conspirator. He was never the target. The leeker was.

As I said, you are a pudding guy.

You can say whatever you want as I am unconcerned with your delusions. Obama does not factor in my processing of the information. It is the incident itself. Congress demanded ( republicans also) that the leeks stop. If the reporter was speaking to the leeker it speaks to the issue that his phone records is of value to an investigator.

I think what he did was wrong, but lying to the senate was also wrong and some of the actions by the USG are suspect, the things that Obama spoke out against as a candidate.