I think the confirmation that NSA and FBI have direct and unfettered access to all communication streams, is pretty huge. As you say, all calm-down-dear interpretations are now proven false. We are facing the worst possible scenario.
If you haven't seen the Binney video made in 2012 by the same author that made the Snowden video, first note the date the video was published, then watch it.
Then try to identify the claims already public to those that watched the video then which most of us first became aware of just now by following the story about Snowden.
For me it starts around 3:20. A lot of it was presented before Snowden but almost nobody noticed.
The "nobody noticed" part is key -- documents carry more weight than statements made by whistleblowers. Whistleblowers can be discredited in the public eye more easily than documents.
