Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me suggested it was an elaborate way to dump the girlfriend who followed him to Hawaii. I guess that when you hang out with spies for too long, “Honey, I need some space. It’s not you, it’s me,” starts sounding too boring.
But who would risk the torture of sleeping naked just to dump a girlfriend?
US and Britain spy on allies. In other news: water is wet.
Interesting quote: American intelligence officials have expressed alarm at the variety of highly classified material Mr. Snowden obtained, suggesting that his actions revealed a shocking breach in the fundamental principle that intelligence officers should have access only to the material they need to do their jobs. I think we have pretty good records of people openly leaking material to the press. Those who leak stuff to the Chinese or Russians are more likely to get away with it, I say. So these revelations may actually enhance US security. After all, Snowden says he took pains to both filter the material (unlike Manning) and release it only to reporters who had national security experience (also unlike Manning and furthermore a claim that is verifiable).
This event will enhance security, that is, if the NSA has any interest in putting proper procedures in place.
Per your quote, not foreign, but “located outside the United States”. Does that mean all foreign-stationed diplomatic and military personnel as well as every expat?
Not only that, but China is hacking into US & European networks big time - so much so that Obama had to plead for them to wardial it down a notch or two at one point. What’s the over/under that they listened ? 
Sauce for the goose, sauce for the Peking duck.