“Our livelihood is tied to the land,” she said in an interview with the Associated Press.  “We just can’t live there if our water goes bad.”

Miller was not alone.

A crowd estimated at 2,000 gathered outside New York’s Capitol building in Albany, calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to make the state’s five-year moratorium on fracking permanent.

(“Moratorium” means a temporary stop.)

“It really speaks volumes that so many people are interested in this topic,” said Rita Yelda, one of the rally’s organizers, according to the Buffalo News.

“Nick News” first reported on fracking earlier this year.

It’s short for “hydraulic fracturing” — a process that allows us to get at oil and natural gas that’s buried deep underground in rock formations.

In fracking, millions of gallons of water, mixed with sand and chemicals, are pumped into pipes drilled deep down into the ground.

The pressurized fluid then causes the rock formations around it to fracture.

(“Fracture” is another word for “crack.”)

And that releases the oil and gas.

Fracking’s supporters insist that it’s safe.

They also say that it’s bringing energy independence to America – along with millions of jobs.

“With the appropriate regulation and oversight, hydraulic fracturing can be conducted safely and bring opportunity and growth,” said Brad Gill, a spokesman for the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York, in a report published by the Daily Freeman, a local newspaper in New York’s Hudson River Valley.

And some property owners say they should have a right to decide on fracking for themselves.

“I’m a landowner,” said Deposit, N.Y., resident, Sandra Davis, a fracking supporter, in an interview with Gannett Albany Bureau reporter Jon Campbell.  “I don’t want to see the state or the government take my constitutional rights away.”

But fracking’s opponents say the chemicals that are pumped into the ground during the process pollute our environment – including our drinking water, in some cases.

And according to them, the potential danger that poses to all of us outweighs any individual’s property rights.

“There is no compromising our water, our air, our health and our future,” said Julia Walsh, one of the organizers of the anti-fracking rally, according to Associated Press reporter Michael Virtanen.

Last September, Governor Cuomo asked New York’s state health department to study the potential impacts of fracking.

At the same time, New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation is reportedly working on creating fracking regulations, in case Cuomo decides to lift the moratorium.

Fracking’s opponents say the state should be focusing on developing clean, renewable energy sources, such as wind power, instead.

“We are calling on the state’s leaders, all of them here, to reject fracking and lead the nation in developing renewable energy, so that our water, our land and (our) air remain clean and safe for generations to come,” former New York Congressman Maurice Hinchey told the crowd.

There’s no indication when Governor Cuomo will make his decision.

In the meantime, he’s likely to keep getting pressure from both sides.

Does spaghetti come from an animal?

And what are fish fingers made of?

For the record, fish don’t actually have fingers.

But apparently, that’s the British name for what we usually call “fish sticks” here in the United States.

If the results of a recent survey are correct, a lot of British kids have no idea where their fish fingers, cheese or pasta actually come from.

According to media reports, the British Nutrition Foundation interviewed 27,500 kids between the ages of 5 and 16.

Among their findings:

* Nearly 1/3 of all British kids think cheese comes from a plant.

* Nearly 1/3 of the 5-to-8-year-olds think pasta is made out of meat.

* And nearly 1/3 thought that “fish fingers” come from chickens or pigs.

Of course, if you’re reading this, you probably know that cheese is really a milk product – from a cow, a sheep or a goat.

Pasta is usually made out of some sort of grain, such as wheat, not meat.

And any food with the word “fish” in its name comes from something that swims – not something that flies or oinks.

Why are so many British kids so baffled about where their food comes from?

“One in five primary school and children and eighteen percent of secondary school pupils told us that they have never visited a farm,” said Roy Ballam of the British Nutrition Foundation, in an interview with the Daily Mail, an English newspaper.  “This may go part way to explaining why (so many) believe that pasta comes from animals.”

The foundation released its survey during Britain’s “Healthy Eating Week.”

“Through ‘Healthy Eating Week,’ we hope to start the process of re-engaging (kids) with the origins of food, nutrition and cooking, so that they grow up with a fuller understanding of how food reaches them – and what a healthy diet and lifestyle consists of.”

In other words, they hope to give kids a much clearer picture of where the stuff on their plates actually comes from.

So if anyone tries to tell you that cheese grows on trees, take it with a grain of salt, as the old saying goes – and maybe a slice of cheddar, too.

Black Forest, Colo. resident Scott Riebel gave the local sheriff a big hug, according to the Denver Post, after finding out that the Riebel residence had survived the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history.

“I’m so relieved our stuff is (still) there,” Riebel told a Post reporter.  “But the people who lost everything … it’s just awful.”

A lot of people have lost everything in the Black Forest fire.

As of Sunday, the fire had destroyed nearly 500 homes in the Colorado Springs suburb.

It had also killed two people – people who apparently waited too long to try to get out of their burning neighborhood.

On Sunday, officials said they think the fire was manmade.

If that turns out to be true, then the person accused of starting it – intentionally or unintentionally – might face murder or manslaughter charges.

“This is a crime scene until proven otherwise,” El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said, according to the Post.

As of Sunday, the fire was said to be 65 percent contained.

And officials said they hoped to have it fully contained by Thursday.

Over the weekend, cooler weather and a steady rain reportedly helped firefighters get the upper hand, after days of stifling heat and hot, dry winds.

“Every bit of rain helps the crews mop up,” firefighters spokesman Brandon Hampton told the Associated Press.

It was just last year that another fire in the Colorado Springs area – the Waldo Canyon fire – destroyed 346 homes.

That had been the most destructive fire in Colorado history – until the Black Forest fire started burning last Tuesday.

Now, Black Forest residents who lost their homes have to decide whether to move or rebuild.

And people whose homes survived are counting their blessings – while feeling guilty about their own good fortune.

“You feel so great when you watch (the fire) head away from your house,” fire survivor Jocelyn Vlasak told the Post.  “But then you feel so guilty, because it’s almost like you’re wishing the worst on someone else.”

“It’s all just sad,” she added.  “I feel so bad for the people who lost their homes.”

“America” is a lot bigger than just the United States.

If you don’t believe that, check out a map.

There’s North America.

There’s Central America.

And there’s South America.

So the United States of America is just part of America.

Mexico is part of America, too.

And millions of people in the United States have roots in both countries.

If anything, that makes them twice as American as the rest of us.

But not everyone sees it that way.

Consider the reaction after 11-year-old Sebastien De La Cruz sang the national anthem – the Star-Spangled Banner – at Tuesday night’s NBA finals game, between his hometown San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat.

Sebastian is into mariachi music – a cultural tradition among Mexicans and many Mexican-Americans.

In fact, he’s even performed on national TV shows – here in the United States.

So it wasn’t particularly surprising that he chose to sing the national anthem in his mariachi outfit.

What was surprising was how many ignorant comments people made about him afterward.

“Why they got a Mexican kid singing the national anthem?” one person tweeted, according to CNN.

“Why is a foreigner singing the national anthem?” another wrote.

“Who let this illegal alien sing our national anthem?” added another.

Other comments were so bigoted, they’re not even printable.

For the record, Sebastien is a Texan, born and raised – a San Antonio native.

“I’m a proud American,” he told CNN.

“It’s not hurting me,” he added, referring to the ignorant comments about him.  “It’s just your opinion.”

But a lot of other people were hurt – and angry.

“It was kind of messed up,” 13-year-old Julia Castillo told the San Antonio Express-News.

“Racism and prejudice will not stand,” NBA Commissioner David Stern added, according to Express-News reporter Hector Saldana.  “The values of the game transcend borders.”

And when Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was asked about Sebastien’s detractors, he called them “idiots.”

(A “detractor” is someone who puts down someone else.)

In fact, the Spurs were so upset and angry about the reaction to Sebastien’s Tuesday performance that they brought him back to sing the anthem again – before Thursday night’s game.

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro – who’s also Mexican-American – introduced him.

“No matter what someone’s background is, we have so many Americans who have true talent,” Castro said, according to the Associated Press (AP).  “And Sebastien is one of them.”

“To be invited back to sing the national anthem is just amazing,” Sebastien told CNN.  “It makes me feel like I’m doing something legendary.”

Once again, Sebastien aced the national anthem – and got deafening applause, according to the Express-Review.

He also got rave reviews – not only for his singing, but also for standing up to the bigots.

“He’s a class act,” Coach Popovich told AP reporter Paul Weber.  “He makes you feel the future could be very bright.”

“Don’t let a few negative voices get you down,” Mayor Castro said in a message posted on the Internet.  “You are a true talent.  And you represent the best of our nation’s future!”

“As a Mexican-American, I am so proud of Sebastien De La Cruz,” actress Eva Longoria said in another message posted on the Internet.  “(He’s) a great symbol of what America is today!”

“It makes me feel real good about myself,” Sebastien told the AP.

“Please do not pay attention to the negative people,” he added, in a message printed by CNN.  “I am an American living the American dream. “

“If we want older kids to not think guns are cool, we need to start early.”

That’s what the principal of Strobridge Elementary School in Hayward, California, told the Hayward Daily Review, when asked about an unusual event he held at his school earlier this month.

On June 8th, Strobridge students were allowed to bring their toy guns to school – but only to trade them in.

Each kid who brought in a gun got a book of his or her choice in exchange, according to media reports.

And they also got entered in a contest to win one of four bicycles.

Strobridge principal Charles Hill told reporters he got the idea from a friend – a photographer who expressed concerns about the number of kids getting shot by police in northern California.

In a lot of cases, police say they can’t tell on the spot if a gun is real or a toy.

“Some of the guns I’ve confiscated, if they’re stuck in down in a waistband, the average person would think it’s a real gun,” Mister Hill told Review reporter Rebecca Parr.

“They’ll paint ‘em black to make them look like real guns,” Hayward police officer Bradon Wilson told San Francisco TV station KPIX.  “And sometimes, people will take a real gun and pain the tip orange, to make it seem as if it’s a fake gun.”

So if a kid is playing with a toy gun and the police show up, he could end up getting shot anyway.

Not everyone agrees with the idea of a toy gun exchange.

“Having a group of (kids) playing ‘Cops and Robbers’ or ‘Cowboys and Indians’ is a normal part of growing up,” said Yih-Chau Ching, a spokesman for a group called Responsible Citizens of California, in an interview with the Review.  “While the intentions are obviously good on the part of the school administration, this doesn’t really educate children about guns or gun safety.”

But as far as Mister Hill is concerned, when it comes to kids, the only safe gun is no gun at all.

And he told the Review that he got an e-mail from Newtown, Connecticut, to back him up.

Newtown is the community where a disturbed man shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December – including 20 kids.

“As a parent who was lucky enough to have my kids come home from school on (December 14th, 2012), I thank you from the bottom of my heart,” former Newtown police officer Darren Wagner wrote, according to the Review.  “Please know we here in Sandy Hook applaud your efforts to make a real change.”

“When I get something like that e-mail, it validates what we’re doing,” Mister Hill told Parr.  “It brought tears to my eyes.”

It all started last December, when twin brothers Ryan and Luke Novosel got the Guinness World Records book as a Christmas present.

When they looked up the record for most twins in a single grade at a school, they saw that it was 16.

“I was like, ‘We could definitely beat that!’” Ryan told Tribune reporter Gregory Trotter.

Now, it looks like Ryan and Luke – and 46 of their classmates – are about to get into the book themselves.

The Novosel brothers just finished up fifth-grade at Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette, Illinois.

Not only did their class reportedly break the old twins record.

They smashed it.

According to media reports, there were 24 sets of twins in Highcrest Middle School’s fifth-grade class this past year!

No one is sure exactly why.

But just about everybody thinks it’s cool – especially the twins themselves.

“When we found out that our school won out of the whole United States, it was a big deal for us,” said one of the fifth-grade twins, Sydney Gaines, in an interview with Chicago TV station WLS.

“Awesome.  It’s awesome,” added Olivia Prendergast, another one of the  fifth-grade twins.

Ironically, only two of the sets of twins at Highcrest are identical twins, according to the Associated Press (AP).

The others are all fraternal twins, which means they don’t look exactly alike.

Some other fun facts, according to the AP:  There are three sets of boy-boy twins at Highcrest; 11 sets of girl-girl twins; and 10 sets where one is a girl and the other is a boy.

And in two of the cases, the twins actually have different birthdates!

How’s that possible?

In both sets, they were born right around midnight – one before and the other after.

What do the Highcrest twins like about being twins?

“What is so special about being a twin is that you (always) have someone by your side,” said Sydney Gaines’ twin sister, Summer, in an interview with WLS-TV reporter Theresa Gutierrez.

“You can trust them,” added Olivia Prendergast’s twin brother, Evan.

Being a twin has some practical advantages, too, according to Evan.

“They help you with your homework sometimes,” he told Gutierrez.

The twins’ parents all had to submit birth certificates, school registration records and other documentation to the Guinness people.

But all that seems like a formality.

After all, 24 beats 16 by 50 percent.

As Highcrest fifth-grader and fellow twin Aidan Holmberg told the Tribune, “It’s pretty amazing.”

On Friday, June 21st, you’ll have a chance to see more hours and minutes of sunlight than at any other time of the year — if you live in the Northern Hemisphere.

The reason?

The summer solstice – the day that marks the beginning of summer.

The summer solstice is the moment when the sun’s position in the sky is as far north of the Equator as it ever gets.

This year, depending on where you live, that moment happens on June 21st or June 20th.

If you live in the Eastern or Central time zones in the United States and Canada, the summer solstice will happen on the 21st – at 1:04 AM in New York and 12:04 AM in Chicago.)

(Yes, the solstice can actually happen when it’s dark outside.)

But if you live in the Pacific or Mountain time zones, the solstice will happen on the 20th – at 10:04 PM in Los Angeles and 11:04 PM in Denver.

During the days around the summer solstice, the sun rises earlier and sets later in the Northern Hemisphere than at any other time of year.

But in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the exact opposite.

The days around June 21st are the shortest days of the year for them, because that’s when they get the least direct sunlight.

Solstice is a Latin word that means, “Sun stands still.”

For ancient people, it was a moment that was magical and mystical.

That’s why for thousands of years, people have celebrated the summer solstice with religious festivals.

In ancient England, people used to gather at Stonehenge – a huge, mysterious circle made up of big stone pillars.

Those summer solstice gatherings at Stonehenge continue to this day.

And in Eastern Europe, the nation of Latvia is still known for the Ligo feast – a feast that originally honored the sun goddess Saule.

Every summer around the solstice, people in Latvia stay up all night so they can see the sunrise.

They also sing special songs and build bonfires.

(The bonfires were originally built to keep evil spirits away.)

Girls are supposed to wear wreaths made of flowers.

And many men wear big wreaths made of oak leaves.

In Europe, many of the ancient summer solstice celebrations have been absorbed into a Christian holiday called the Feast of Saint John.

The Feast of Saint John is usually held on June 24th.

On that day, it’s customary for Christians to ask that their crops be blessed, in hopes of a good harvest later in the year.

After the summer solstice, the days start getting shorter and shorter — until around December 21st.

That’s the time of the winter solstice — the date when the sun’s position in the sky is as far south of the Equator as it ever gets.

After December 21st, the days start getting longer again in the North — even though it’s the start of winter.

And the cycle of the seasons begins all over.

Thunder and lightning.

Tornadoes.

Strong winds.

And hail the size of tennis balls.

No, that’s not a list of biblical plagues.

It’s just some of the weather reports from the Midwest late Wednesday.

An unusually powerful line of storms formed in Iowa Wednesday afternoon.

And according to forecasters, they weren’t expected to stop until they reached the East Coast.

As of late Wednesday night, there were no reports of deaths or serious injuries.

But at one point on Wednesday, tornado warnings stretched all the way from Iowa to Ohio, according to NBC News.

And storm damage reports started coming in from Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.

“This is a particularly dangerous situation,” the National Weather Service said.

The weather service warned that a line of damaging winds known as a derecho might form.

In an interview with the Associated Press (AP), NOAA meteorologist Ken Pryor said the term “derecho”  (pronounced dair-RAY-cho) comes from a Spanish word that means “straight ahead” or “direct.”

(“NOAA” stands for “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.”)

“(Derechos) are very large,” Pryor told AP reporter Seth Borenstein.  “(And) the storms take on a comma shape that’s very distinctive.”)

How large are derechos?

By definition, they’re a line of strong straight-line winds that extends for at least 240 miles, according to the AP.

And those wind gusts have to reach 58 mph or higher, according to NBC News – as strong as a tropical storm.

At one point late Wednesday, there was a wind gust of 76 mph in Wood County, Ohio, according to Cleveland TV station WKYC.

And National Weather Service radar showed storms lining up to form that distinctive comma shape.

“The biggest concern with this line is very strong wind,” WKYC meteorologist Marcus Walter said.

(A meteorologist is a scientist who forecasts the weather.)

Forecasters expected the storms to continue moving east early Thursday, through states such as Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland.

Later in the day, those storms were expected to bring severe weather to places as far east as New York City and the Washington, DC, area.

Last year, a derecho stormed all the way from Chicago to Washington.

It was blamed for at least 13 deaths and $1 billion in damage.

What should you do if severe weather heads toward your home or school?

The safest thing is to go down to the basement.

If you don’t have a basement, go inside an interior room with no windows.

And if you live in a mobile home, it’s safest to get out and get some place safer – before the storm arrives.

If you know what to do, you can protect yourself from severe weather.

“It’s been very dry here,” Colorado Springs resident Cindy Antil told the Denver Post.  “We figured it was just a matter of time.”

On Tuesday, the time came.

As of Tuesday evening, at least four wildfires were burning in Colorado, including a big one not far from Antil’s home.

Officials ordered the mandatory evacuation of approximately 2,500 homes in a Colorado Springs suburb called Black Forest.

Several hundred other homeowners were also being urged to evacuate, but not ordered to.

Before sunset Tuesday, the Black Forest fire had already burned as many as eight homes, according to media reports.

And many others were in danger.

“We know people up there,” Antil told the Post.  “We’re just hoping everyone is going to be okay.”

Hundreds of firefighters have been battling to put the fire out since Tuesday afternoon.

But record-setting heat, gusty winds and extremely dry air were combining to fuel the flames, officials said.

And as of Tuesday evening, the fire was still burning out of control.

“(The) weather is not working with us right now,” El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa told reporters.

(Colorado Springs and Black Forest are both in El Paso County.)

How hot is it?

Forty-five miles south of Colorado Springs, the city of Pueblo, Colorado, hit a record high of 103 on Tuesday.

And in Colorado Springs, the mercury hit 96, with humidity levels as low as three percent.

“It’s been very windy, dry,” Maketa said.  “And the last couple of days (have) brought quite a bit of warm weather.”

On Wednesday, the National Weather Service was predicting slightly cooler weather in that area – a high of 89 in Colorado Springs and a high of 96 in Pueblo.

But that might not be cool enough to make a major difference.

At the same time, several other wildfires continued to burn in Colorado on Tuesday.

About 90 minutes northwest of Denver, a fire that started Monday in Rocky Mountain National Park had already burned several hundred acres.

Officials say lightning started that fire, according to the Associated Press.

Southwest of Colorado Springs, a fire in the Royal Gorge area had also burned several hundred acres and several buildings as of Tuesday evening.

And in southern Colorado, a fourth wildfire reportedly forced officials to evacuate about 200 homes near the town of La Veta.

The good news is that there were no reports of any deaths or injuries in any of these fires as of Tuesday night.

Apparently, Edward Snowden could not.

And now, he might be in a lot of trouble.

Snowden is the man accused of leaking information about a secret surveillance program conducted by the U.S. government.

(A “leak” is when you publicly reveal information the government wants to keep secret.  And “secret surveillance” is another way of saying, “spying.”)

Snowden says the government has been collecting all kinds of information about all kinds of people without their knowledge – maybe even you.

And in an interview with a British newspaper, he allegedly revealed how that information is being gathered.

President Obama and other U.S. officials say the targets of that secret surveillance have been potential terrorists – not American citizens.

Not everyone believes that.

Snowden has claimed he leaked the information purely because he believes the government is abusing and misusing its power.

Not everyone believes that, either.

And popular Internet-based companies are denying reports that they’ve allowed the government to gather information about people who use them.

Not everyone believes that, either.

Of course, the whole thing has gotten caught up in Washington’s political spin cycle as well.

And amidst all that spin, the 5 W’s of journalism sometimes get rinsed out.

So let’s try to focus on those 5 W’s:  The who, what, when, where and why of the Edward Snowden story.

First, who is Edward Snowden?

According to media reports, Edward Snowden is a 29-year-old high school dropout – a high school dropout who wound up working for a private company that collects intelligence information for the U.S. government.

In an interview with a British newspaper, he claimed to have access to all sorts of secretly gathered information – information about pretty much anybody and everybody the government wants to know about.

According to media reports, Snowden earned a GED after dropping out of school.

(GED stands for “General Equivalency Diploma.”  It’s a way to get a high school diploma after dropping out.)

He then joined the Army.

According to the Washington Post and other sources, Snowden says he left the Army because he broke his legs in a training accident.

However, the Post says the Army has not confirmed that.

After leaving the Army, Snowden worked as a security guard, according to media reports.

According to the Post, he says he then got a job with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), working on “technology security.”

However, the Post says the CIA has not confirmed that.

The Central Intelligence Agency is one of the government agencies that conduct secret surveillance.

So is the National Security Agency (NSA).

According to the Post, Snowden says he worked for the NSA starting in 2009.

But he wasn’t actually a government employee.

According to media reports, he worked for a private company called Booz Allen Hamilton – a company hired by the government to collect information that the government wants.

Snowden says it was in that job that he got access to all sorts of secretly gathered information – and the ability to gather even more information – without the public’s knowledge.

Snowden’s story was first reported last week by a British newspaper and the Washington Post.

He said the U.S. government has a secret program – a program that allows the government to get its hands on pretty much anything you say on the phone or put out on the Internet.

That brings us to the next two W’s – the What and the When.

The program Snowden is talking about is called PRISM.

And although the snooping it authorizes might be conducted in secret, its existence is not a secret at all.

(“Authorize” means “to allow.”)

In fact, Congress approved PRISM in 2007, as part of a bill called the Protect America Act – a bill backed by President George W. Bush, who was still in office at the time.

So in reality, anyone in Congress who claimed to know nothing about PRISM until last week has either A.) not been paying attention or B.) been less than truthful.

According to President Obama, the purpose of PRISM is not to listen in on all your phone calls and read all of your tweets, texts and e-mails (as interesting as you might think they are.)

According to the president and other government officials, the people who monitor Internet activity and phone calls don’t look at the content of those communications.

In other words, they don’t really care what you tell your BFF – unless it has something to do with terrorism.

How do they determine that without listening in?

According to Mister Obama and other experts, they look for patterns.

For example, what numbers are you calling?

Where are you calling from?

And how long are the calls?

If those patterns look suspicious, then the investigators would take additional steps, such as trying to find out what you’re talking about.

But according to the president, U.S. citizens are not the targets of that intelligence gathering – just foreigners who might be terrorists.

(Again, not everyone believes that.)

As for where Snowden is now – the next W – that was not clear as of early Tuesday morning.

According to media reports, he checked into a luxury hotel on the Chinese island of Hong Kong on May 20th – more than two weeks before his story was published.

But he reportedly checked out on Monday.

And even people who’ve been in contact with him in recent days claimed they did not know where he was.

Snowden reportedly flew to Hong Kong because he feared for his safety in the United States after his story became public.

And in fact, there’s a strong possibility that he might be arrested, if he did in fact leak classified information – information the government wants to keep secret from the public.

That brings us to the fifth W:  the why.

Snowden says he leaked the information because he does not think the government should keep secrets from the American public.

A lot of people agree with him on that.

But according to President Obama, some of that secretly gathered information has helped prevent terrorists from attacking the United States.

“You can’t have 100 percent security and also have 100 percent privacy,” President Obama said last week, in response to questions about the secret surveillance.  “We’re going to have to make some choices as a society.”

The question a lot people are asking is, how can we make those choices if we don’t really know what the choices are?

We don’t really know why Edward Snowden chose to do what he did, either – aside from what he says.

The Post has reported that Snowden donated $500 to the presidential campaign of former Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul last year.

Does that mean Snowden’s actions were politically motivated?

As campaign contributions go, $500 is a relatively small amount.

So it’s not clear whether personal politics played any role in Snowden’s decision.

But when it comes to Washington, politics seems to get woven into just about everything.

At this point, when it comes to the Edward Snowden story, a lot of what’s truly true remains to be determined.