system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How do we know the information leaked by Edward Snowden is true?

It seems like he's in a great position that *anything* he says will be considered the truth and if anybody denies that it's the truth they are just covering up for the government.

With the resources that the United States has, if this information was so destructive to the efforts of the NSA and other agencies, why aren't they pursuing him more? I would tend to think that the CIA has operatives in Russia (or wherever he is now) that could collect him pretty easily if they really wanted him.
gpt
Because he isn't just saying things. He is providing original documents and files. So far the gov has said what he's leaked was illegal to leak because it's classified but they haven't said what he's leaked was untrue.