So this case is a big case. And it opens up a lot of interesting philosophical questions that are worth exploring. Try not to shout down anything you don't like

So this case is a big case. And it opens up a lot of interesting philosophical questions that are worth exploring. Try not to shout down anything you don't like as "Big government lie/smear campaigns". Conceptually, I believe we want journalists not to be carrying an agenda. Conceptually, I think we understand that bloggers and non journalists do carry an agenda. This helps us filter the information we are receiving. What does it mean for journalism that it took an independent blogger to break it? Does journalism need to look at itself and re-invent itself if it can't break these stories? The fact that Greenwald so obviously and openly has an agenda that he pushes - how comfortable are we with the closed loop information source of Snowden to Greenwald? Do we trust Greenwald would easily present key facts that contradicted the current story if they came to light? These (and more) are critical questions to ask.