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Im not entirely certain we would have. That doesn’t go with the M.O. of protecting classified information and sources. I imagine right or wrong, he created an o
by ganoushoreilly 7y ago
Im not entirely certain we would have. That doesn’t go with the M.O. of protecting classified information and sources. I imagine right or wrong, he created an operational impact and or void with his disclosures that required adequate efforts to mediate. I’m not sure we’ll ever get a true estimate of loss because it’s almost impossible to calculate and state without disclosure and risking operations.
- hannasanarion 7y agoBefore every disclosure, Snowden asked the white house for comment, or to propose a reason why the information should not be released. According to Snowden, the white house never provided a convincing case for why the information would harm US interests.
- roywiggins 7y agoThe CIA's entire network in China was rolled up and liquidated due to an IT security failure and that certainly made its way to the press. I think we can infer that Snowden's disclosures didn't have anything like such an impact. https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/botched-cia-communications-system-helped-blow-cover-chinese-agents-intelligence/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/botched-cia-communicati...