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> I would be more worried that someone would kill me in order to get the documents released The unstated assumption is that these documents would be particular
by TillE 13y ago
> I would be more worried that someone would kill me in order to get the documents released
The unstated assumption is that these documents would be particularly interesting to foreign governments. That's probably wrong.
What we've seen so far is merely evidence of actions that were long assumed to be taking place anyway. Other governments likely have their own evidence already.
These documents are important to the public, but they're of minimal value to an enemy. His intent was never malicious, so it's extremely unlikely that he's carrying the names of agents or other sensitive information of that sort.
- jbigelow76 13y ago>These documents are important to the public, but they're of minimal value to an enemy. I think at least some other nations would like to know what the documents contain, not because of the data itself, but because it could clue them into what kind of capabilities our intelligence departments have. It's one thing to know that the NSA is spying on its own citizens, but it's an entirely different thing to know that they can intercept and decipher X and Y forms of communications but may not yet be able or feel the need to monitor form Z.
- 6d0debc071 13y ago> The unstated assumption is that these documents would be particularly interesting to foreign governments. That's probably wrong. They don't need to be. If they'll hurt the US government then they're of benefit to anyone who opposes that government. Come to think of it, they'd probably be of political benefit to anyone who opposed the NSA, even within the US.