NSA Leak 101

Here's some stuff you should know about the recent leak of NSA spying documents (yep, the NSA is spying on YOU).

• In a nutshell, this is what happened.
• And another article on the NSA spying program.
• This is the guy who did it.
• These are the leaked documents.
• Why the big deal (tldr; unchecked government spying on innocent people flies in the face of your 4th amendment rights)
• Restore the Fourth (4th Amendment protests being planned for the 4th of July complements of Reddit)
• A Change.org petition to pardon Snowden can be found here.
• Ron Paul's take on the situation (here, here, and here).
• Social media and the NSA leak:  Reddit, Twitter, more from Twitter, more from Reddit
• Is Snowden a hero or a traitor?