It's so funny to see people argue about Snowden. Honestly, there is more behind it. Snowden didn't say ANYTHING knew. You can find articles on the net which say the exact same about the NSA looooong before snowden talked about it. Also, considering the media attention, there is certainly more behind it. There is no logical reason to cover the story of snowden so extensively by large media outlets, if it wasn't for distraction.
Considering what the US did in the Ukraine (same as the other countries they invaded), there is a lot of stuff the US does which is 10 times worse than the NSA.
Note: When I say "US" here, I don't mean all people of america. We have to accept that there are simply a lot of corporate people with corporate interests. There hasn't been a single war which wasn't about some sort of control or profit. Most of the time it was for the preservation of the petro dollar (for example, africa, syria, etc.)
warm regards,
neocortx