FYI foreign news media is reporting that Snowden figured out well in advance who and which newspaper (Guardian & reporter) he would provide this data to. Further, to prove he wasn't just B.S.'ing about the capabilities he met the guy with the reporter's own data, I.e. bank statements, recorded phone conversations, emails, inbound & outbound calls, etc. The Guardian hasn't released the details officially yet that I can find, but I have noticed that no one with our gov has specifically denied that this can be/is done, they're dedicating their time to saying this is to assist in the war on terror that obummer has already stated is over....soooo why continue.