Snowdon is a dummy

Without reading the article you provided,

A source "with detailed knowledge on the matter" told Reuters that hiring screeners for Booz Allen had found some details of Snowden's education that "did not check out precisely," but decided to hire him anyway; Reuters stated that the element which triggered these concerns, or the manner in which Snowden satisfied the concerns, were not known.[45] The résumé stated that Snowden attended computer-related classes at Johns Hopkins University. A spokesperson for Johns Hopkins said that the university did not find records to show that Snowden attended the university, and suggested that he may instead have attended Advanced Career Technologies, a private for-profit organization which operated as "Computer Career Institute at Johns Hopkins."[45] The University College of the University of Maryland acknowledged that Snowden had attended a summer session at a UM campus in Asia. Snowden's résumé stated that he estimated that he would receive a University of Liverpool computer security master's degree in 2013. The university said that Snowden registered for an online master's degree program in computer security in 2011 but that "he is not active in his studies and has not completed the program."[45]

Snowden said that, using "internal channels of dissent", he had told multiple employees and two supervisors about his concerns that the NSA programs were unconstitutional. An NSA spokesperson responded, saying they had "not found any evidence to support Mr. Snowden's contention that he brought these matters to anyone's attention."[53] Snowden elaborated in January 2014, saying " made tremendous efforts to report these programs to co-workers, supervisors, and anyone with the proper clearance who would listen. The reactions of those I told about the scale of the constitutional violations ranged from deeply concerned to appalled, but no one was willing to risk their jobs, families, and possibly even freedom to go through what Drake did."[95] In March 2014, during testimony to the European Parliament, Snowden wrote that before revealing classified information he had reported "clearly problematic programs" to ten officials, who he said did nothing in response.[96] In a May 2014 interview, Snowden told NBC News that after bringing his concerns about the legality of the NSA spying programs to officials, he was told to stay silent on the matter. Snowden said:
The NSA has records—they have copies of emails right now to their Office of General Counsel, to their oversight and compliance folks from me raising concerns about the NSA's interpretations of its legal authorities. I had raised these complaints not just officially in writing through email, but to my supervisors, to my colleagues, in more than one office. I did it in Fort Meade. I did it in Hawaii. And many, many of these individuals were shocked by these programs. They had never seen them themselves. And the ones who had, went, "You know, you're right. … But if you say something about this, they're going to destroy you".[36]

Yes, he took some classes or courses, but was not about to get a master degree or any degree.

it is kind of surprising. I hope it taught them all a lesson.

Bill Gates dropped out of college, and he became one of the wealthiest man.

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Bill Gates dropped out of college, and he became one of the wealthiest man.

I already cover the fact that Steve Wozniak did not have a degree when he did the engineering that made the Apple 2 the world winner it was.

Only getting his degree long after Apple was a big player in computers and when he was so famous that he needed to attend college under a false name.

My former bio-medical company was created by a gentleman with no degree that with his engineering skills he turn into a billion dollars firm.

An then you have Edison who was completely self taught.

because he had suspicions

Personally I find him a egotistical blowhard who set out to be famous, but to each their own.

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Personally I find him a egotistical blowhard who set out to be famous, but to each their own.

I, too, continue to believe Snowden to be a pompous "blowhard" seeking attention.

He seems like a total asswipe to me