Snowdon is a dummy

Do you understand sarcasm, Frank?

Rev got the joke. She didn't laugh but at least she understood it. Try harder.

If it is true that surveillance is illegal in Europe, then I suppose everyone is illegally spying because the US is not the only country who does it, we just do it more.

I am the one who brought up rape. I pointed out that Frank's lame argument (that spying hurts relations with allies only when the spies as caught) could be used to justify raping a woman while she's asleep (it damages the relationship only if she wakes up).

To which Rev infamously retorted: you can't compare spying with raping, because "spying is not illegal" (sic).

Should be interesting to see the perspective of the screen writer!

The film is based on the book by Guardian journalist Luke Harding with the same title.

The film, which Stone is writing and directing, now looks likely to be based on two books, Harding’s account - full title The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man - and Time of the Octopus by Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena. Stone recently picked up the screen rights to the latter tome after optioning Harding’s book in June.

Glad to know you're having fun, Frank. And you don't even need a shakin' emoticon to deride you nowadays! That's progress.

like everybody but Snowden is profiting from the Snowden theft but him.

Since Snowden Lawyer has something to do with the film, by any chance is Snowden going to get any proceeds for it? I mean, to me, it is starting to look like everybody but Snowden is profiting from the Snowden theft but him.

Yeah, I know, Bill, he is a saint, pretty soon,

Whatever. Spying on people is somewhat comparable to raping in that it is a violation of one's intimate space.