Originally Posted by Rochard

Snowden didn't prove anything at all. If anything, he proved that the NSA is working with the courts exactly as they should. They go through the courts as required, but when the make a mistake and pull data by accident (such as pulling all 212 area code numbers) they report themselves (and don't use the data).

Snowden "claims" that "certain people can access any information at any time". He is most likely correct. At some point in time, someone somewhere needs to be able to log into a computer the data required - but only if they have a warrant. To date, Snowden has yet to prove this is being done on a regular basis or in bulk or at all.

On top of this, the only one who has broken laws here is Snowden.