More NSA & Snowden

MI5 feared GCHQ went ‘too far’ over phone and internet monitoring Guardian
Glenn Greenwald Takes Apart David Gregory for Trying to Criminalize Journalism Crooks and Liars. You need to watch this. Dick Gregory is such a toad.
The NSA’s metastasised intelligence-industrial complex is ripe for abuse Valarie Plame Wilson and Joe Wilson, Guardian
HKSAR Government issues statement on Edward Snowden
China ‘made final call’ in Snowden’s Hong Kong flight, as US expresses disappointment South China Morning Post
Russia Says It Won’t Intervene on Snowden Wall Street Journal
Candidate Obama Debating President Obama On Civil Liberties vs. Government Surveillance techdirt (subgenius)
While I Was Sleeping Atrios
Edward Snowden heads for asylum: Does the US have any options? Christian Science Monitor
US & NSA Accused of Criminal Privacy Violations in Dozens of Nations – Snowden Blowback Daily Kos (ohmyheck). Pluto thinks the rest of the world is going to take control of the Internet backbone back (admittedly, that will take a while). We had said that was likely when this story broke.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-24/first-hong-kong-now-russia-refuses-intervene-snowden

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-24/snowden-not-aeroflot-flight-cuba

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/edward-snowden-booked-on-plane-from-moscow-to-havana-live-coverage

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-23/u-s-surveillance-is-not-aimed-at-terrorists.html