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You know the saying beggars can't be choosers? We are currently begging for transparency. The filtering process by independent journalists is the only actual r
by throw101010 3y ago
You know the saying beggars can't be choosers? We are currently begging for transparency.
The filtering process by independent journalists is the only actual recourse I can think of to solve this. Exfiltrating confidential documents is usually not a process that gives you a lot of time to sort out what is worth it or not, furthermore the volume of data might very well also be a problem to handle on your own.
Consider the time it took a lot of journalists to find the pertinent documents in this specific case among about 200,000 leaked documents (of various lengths), when Snowden is thought to have exfiltrated 1.7 millions documents.
- pif 3y ago> We are currently begging for transparency. Beware, transparency is a double-edged sword! Modern nations are not small villages, where secrets can be shared within a community AND kept out of reach from foreign ears.
- throw101010 3y agoI am not advocating for total transparency, but exactions committed by the state cannot be classified as secrets. So if a leak leads to revealing such crimes, the whistle-blower should not be prosecuted, unless you can prove they deliberately leaked information to harm innocent civilians. I specifically say civilians because I consider that the military and officials who are part of the state know the responsibilities involved in their position... and if they do not generate any content worthy of leaking (crimes), they will not be exposed to this risk.