NICK GILLESPIE: Snowden And The New Cold War. “The Snowden saga started off redolent of Girl With Dragon Tattoo (computer hacking, manifesto-style sloganeering about justice, rights, and corrupt goverments, and a half-naked dancer girlfriend). But it’s now driving deep into Graham Greene territory as the world’s most famous high-school dropout is reportedly seeking refuge in a left-leaning. . . banana republic run by a Hate-America-First autocrat. Call it Our Man in Quito: Cold War Redux.” With Obama seeming both overbearing and inept, it provides a lot of countries with a safe and enjoyable opportunity to stick a thumb in America’s eye. Also, I don’t think Ecuador is on the Caribbean.