The most important thing to note here is that if Snowden can bypass the logs to cover his tracks then so can many of the capable people in the NSA that may want to use those systems for nefarious acts.

A low level analyst using the system as intended probably won't be committing any serious crimes they can get away with, but there are probably many people in the NSA smart enough to use these systems for wrongdoing in a way that effectively covers their tracks.

Compliance departments are a tricky thing. Anyone who has worked in the compliance area is pretty much fully equipped to evade compliance. Just ask the Societe Generale Group.

It is ironic that the NSA originally developed SELinux (which has now been in the mainline kernel for just over a decade), which provides the mandatory access controls and multilevel security features that, properly implemented, could have prevented this whole fiasco in the first place.

If only they would have followed their own policies and procedures...

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Virtual-Notary.Org hereby notes that on Date: Saturday August 24, 2013 15:30.23 EDT (UTC-0400)

a random drawing in the range [1, 100000], inclusive, based on a hardware source of true randomness, yielded the following decision.

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4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

4:41 And many more believed because of his own word; 4:42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

4:43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

4:45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.