Originally Posted by GAH

At best, it will take years to come to fruition, the extradition of Snowden to America, or he'll catch a train to China and stick his two fingers up to America. At worst it could bankrupt some of America's biggest technology companies, Facebook, MySpace, Apple, Yahoo, Google and many others. The business opportunity for someone to guarantee they will keep information safe is wide open for others to step in. And alienate America and Britain, with them becoming yesterday's USSR and East Germany.