Downtime notwithstanding, it looks like the NYT decided to offer a little bit of journalism to offset the ineradicable moral stain of Judith Miller. Not only that, but you get to see into the future. I said "Whoa! August 18th? But it is only the 14th!" Anyhow, quite a story:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/laura-poitras-snowden.html?_r=0

and some Q&A:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/snowden-maass-transcript.html

My quote for the ages:

"Assume that your adversary is capable of a trillion guesses per second,".

My eyes watered when I read that.

I am trying to figure out how to contact Snowden's Dad Lon to let him know that I think his son is a hero. How do I contact him? How do I convince him that I am not a US government provocateur/stooge?

Lon, I would have your boy's love child!