Snowden Anthony Armstrong Jones, Lord Snowdon? No, not the photographer and former husband of Princess Margaret, but the database administrator, Edward, who is the focus of attention for having disclosed the methods or conduct of the NSA. Some, the ignorant, have dismissed him for allegedly having claimed that he had "authority" to tap or access records for anyone providing he had identifying characteristics such as an e-mail address. "Authority" has a completely meaning in the IT world. It means access! System Administrators have access and generally to everything. That is why they are System Administrators. Perhaps, he should have used the word "access." but I say that is a distinction without a difference, especially given the path that this matter has taken. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon pr