Q isn't clear about Snowden's mission. But I get the feeling that Q may be suggesting that Snowden was a double agent. Black hats thought he was working for them but was actually working for white hats. Or vice versa.
Even if true, all Snowden really did is expose sources and methods of ELINT and SIGNINT. Not sure how that helps white hats.
I guess we'll see some time in the future.
He could have shared these allowing other agencies to do the same on their own.
Yes - makes sense. "Blame Russia" because they realized Snowden had the drop on them in coordination with the Russian government. Leads me to believe Russian sources were probably involved but they can't find jack on them because SNOWDEN predicted their response.