Can't we flag Snowden stories and upvote more interesting articles that talk about the legal minutiae of the NSA programs, then? Or the speculation on the technical detail of how said programs might function, so that there's any remote grounding for security responses? Is that a thing we're unable to do?

I have been, but there hasn't been much available to upvote. I come on the front page, I see Snowden this and Snowden that and Hong Kong this and Moscow that and Iceland this and Ecuador that.

What's the point of having our own news aggregator if it's just going to reflect the mainstream news?