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"hacked"? It could easily be someone(s) with legitimate access to these documents, couldn't it? International espionage in what way? The leaker(s) could have ju
by detcader 13y ago
"hacked"? It could easily be someone(s) with legitimate access to these documents, couldn't it? International espionage in what way? The leaker(s) could have just sold this information to foreign governments, but they went to Greenwald, a civil liberties advocate and writer working for an American sub-outlet of a British news org.
- guimarin 13y agoAlright, I'll grant that it may not be a hack. My point is the quality of the leaks and the timing is too good for it not to have some more serious motivation than what appeared to me to be another instance of the NSA 'Trailblazer/ThinThread', etc ongoing whistle-blowing.
- detcader 13y agoIf you read Greenwald's writing regularly, you know that this is exactly the kind of information about the kind of programs that Glenn has been imagining to exist, for many many years, during both administrations. The timing comes from at least a month of planning; Greenwald has hinted at a "big project" for a while now. The daily releases are just Glenn's style, and it's certainly gaining the attention he, as a civil liberties advocate for years now and a former constitutional lawyer, feels is needed for our democracy to continue.