Another aspect of lack of trust between the NSA and the public also played out. People don't believe the NSA because of what they did. The administration of NSA didn't come up with a better way to deal with the public and safeguard its information. Other than that, the country lacked tougher laws to deal with such cases.
Despite of all these challenges, solutions can be discussed to avoid any future problems. The most basic thing will be to persuade the country holding Snowden to hand him over to the government of the United States. The reason such an action should be undertaken is because he still poses a high risk to the national security since no one knows how much he knows by now. That the countries have a mutual agreement, the matter should be handled carefully to make way for the quick repatriation of such citizens. Every minute counts when it comes to him not being in the hands of the government. Giving in mind that the issue is a matter of national security, the highest priority should always be given to such incidences. Such activities should all be treated as an act of war towards the country. .
The president should always direct the secretary of state to deal personally with the issue in order to hasten the capture of government workers like Snowden, who have gone rogue. In the event that the secretary of state fails to handle the matter, and then the whole issue should be handled by the president. If the U.S government wants a person, but it's found out that he is being held up in a nation hostile to the government then efforts should be made to engage in prisoner swap if in any cost the information being leaked to the media is of great national security priority. Other countries are giving him a haven to hide not only worsens the situation but it also gives Snowden time to plan other ways and means of revealing all the sensitive security information to the public. The government should come up with counter measures to curb the rise of other countries giving out safe heaven to criminals.