MADRID – The continued leaking of classified information by the former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has provoked heated debate about privacy and international law, which, unfortunately, has overshadowed the geostrategic dimension of his actions. In fact, Snowden’s revelations about US surveillance programs, and his own ongoing struggle to avoid extradition, reveal much about President Barack Obama’s conception of US foreign relations.
马德里—前美国国家安全局合同工斯诺登不断地泄漏保密情报，这激起了关于隐私和国际法的激烈争论，不幸的是，这一争论盖过了斯诺登行为的地缘政治影响。事实上，斯诺登披露的美国监视计划及其本人为避免引渡而做的斗争反映了美国总统奥巴马对美国外交关系问题的首肯态度。