I need someone to recap the Greenwald and the Snowden Affair for me.

The Guardian UK/Greenwald and the WaPo release stories within in minutes of one another claiming the NSA has unrestricted access to major tech companies, with the money quote being that they “can see your thoughts being formed in real time”, or some such. The program is called PRISM.

All of the major companies deny either hearing of the program or allowing direct access. While the scope of what the NSA is doing domestically is cause for debate, the reality turns out to be that they’re more restricted in both what they can request or use.

When this comes to light, the Post and Guardian semi-walk back the claims of direct access, while Greenwald sticks with his story.

The leaker turns out to be Edward Snowden, who skipped to Hong Kong a month ago. He is making claims that he had unfettered access to the nation’s security apparatus, insisting he could order a wiretap on Obama. Snowden then reveals “bombshells” like the US is cyber spying on China.

Snowden’s past employment history (high school dropout who in 9 years is powerful enough to spy on the POTUS) starts to come into question.

Did I miss anything?