H4cked Off: Snowden's not the messiah, or even a particularly naughty boy. He's just some guy.

Charlee Gothard
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Let's drop the profile pieces and get back to the slightly wider issue of all the illegal data theft, yeah?

Public clamour about US National Security Agency (NSA) whistle blower Edward Snowden ranged in 2013 from ‘string up this dread criminal' (US government, pretty much) to ‘He's better than the Pope' ...

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