Former NSA chief explains how Snowden gained high-level access

In an interview on Tuesday with the Wall Street Journal, former NSA chief and Booz Allen Vice Chairman Mike McConnell explained how Edward Snowden gained access to all of the files that he’s been leaking. If McConnell is to be believed, Snowden was hired in the first place after using a trick he probably learned in high school: He "stole" an NSA admittance test with the answers, and used it to ace the test. According to McConnell, Snowden initially worked at the NSA as a security guard, then i...