Yeah, I can be critical on what I believe and don't have to take anybody's word wholesale.

That sais, what I believe are the leaked documents, that haven't really been disputed and if anything were corroborated by tons of subsequent stories.

For the 'optimistic' stuff: Snowden doesn't have access to Google/Apple/FB etc, so what steps he says that they've taken since are the same stuff reported in the media that we too know.

And those steps are nothing to write home about. I see the same shit going on as usual -- only even more so.

Good points man. Sorry you feel that way. I'm an ever optimist.