Was he brilliant? Or is that just a story -- "nobody else out of NSA's 20,000 employees is spying on people they shouldn't because they're just "great" not "brilliant", so don't worry!"
I know the article is only to report what is said and it might be taken out of context. However, I am disturbed by the kind of mentality around hiring "great" and "brilliant" employee's. I see no future with that kind of organizational thinking.