Who will watch the watchers? - Article for the day 13 Sept

A very well written critique of what NSA's activities have caused.

Mr Snowden’s ability to walk off with a stash of NSA documents is grave evidence of a woeful lack of internal controls. He has gone public, but could just as easily have put his stolen documents to criminal use—as others in his position may already have done

(It) damage(s) the reputation of America’s technology industry and leave its government looking untrustworthy and hypocritical..

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21586345-covertly-weakening-security-entire-internet-make-snooping-easier-bad

P.S. The logic behind these posts can be found in this post