Thus The New York Times today. “The director of the National Security Agency, Admiral Michael S. Rogers, described the steps the agency is taking to ensure that no-one else can download the information taken by Edward J. Snowden, a former defense contractor,” explains the newspaper. We are all relieved, it goes without saying. Snowden has made such a mess, after all. Now that no-one else can download the precious information, embarrassments of this ilk are history at long last. Or are they? Chances are that the good admiral is only fooling himself and his superiors. Another defense contractor will surely find a way to download, upload, or even sideload the information in the not so distant future. He or she simply must. We can only hope it will be someone very like Snowden, who will share his loot with us all to our collective benefit, rather than a thief or maybe even a spy working for the enemy. Perish the thought.