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Doesn't Greenwald have Snowden's entire document cache? I assume that it's (primarily, at least) Greenwald who's choosing what to report and when.
by leoc 13y ago
Doesn't Greenwald have Snowden's entire document cache? I assume that it's (primarily, at least) Greenwald who's choosing what to report and when.
- zecho 13y agoThis is my understanding. Greenwald has also been letting politicians say one thing for just long enough before he publishes documents to the contrary. Or, in the case of the most recent leak, confirming what politicians have said about storing data for 5 years, but including more information about how analysts choose targets, which has not been officially disclosed.
- declan 13y agoAgreed. So far, it's working quite well, and is quite clever. I think I would have probably published the documents in this order as well. It's telling that yesterday's document showing Eric Holder signing off on warrantless surveillance came days after Barack Obama reassured us it wasn't happening.
- e3pi 13y agoDoes not this D-notice gag order also apply to Guardian/Greenwald? What's up with that?
- stordoff 13y agoA DA-notice is only advice, so Greenwald can choose to ignore it if he wishes. IIRC, it falls somewhere between "We'd rather you didn't publish this, as we feel it may harm national interests" and "this story may be illegal under the Official Secrets Act (or similar)", rather than being a straight block on publication.