Does Obama Control the State?

It seemed weird, offhanded, President Barack Obama’s comment that he was “not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker,” just two days before the US forced down a Bolivian plane carrying Evo Morales on the suspicion that Edward Snowden was smuggled aboard. Diplomatic hell broke loose, with Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador and others all accusing the US of violating their sovereignty.