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I highly doubt that the information he has only contains the generics that have been disclosed so far. When you grab a bunch of data, you probably don't pick an
by malandrew 13y ago
I highly doubt that the information he has only contains the generics that have been disclosed so far. When you grab a bunch of data, you probably don't pick and choose what you need for whistleblowing, because the collection of the data is the riskiest activity before whistleblowing is actually acted upon. Instead you collect everything that may be of service and you dole out what is necessary to achieve your goal of whistleblowing. With that in mind, it's far more probable that he is heavily editing what is being released to only prompt discussion and oversight and not put specific people in harms way.
AFAIK none of the documents that have included specifics on the people involved and I highly doubt that documents circulate without metadata of the specific people responsible or with awareness of what's going on.
It's the release of specific examples and metadata identifying the people behind this and their actions that can be more easily construed as aiding the enemy. He really hasn't released any of this kind of information.
- smsm42 13y agoSuppose we learn that the guy responsible in the NSA for internet surveillance is named John Smith. What would it change? This is surveillance on US soil, not covert ops in some country in Latin America, how the names would change anything?