Coming from the NR, this represents a real (albeit small) addition to the growing chorus of concerned voices. And it only increases my respect for the leakers'

Coming from the NR, this represents a real (albeit small) addition to the growing chorus of concerned voices. And it only increases my respect for the leakers' strategy of releasing new information bit-by-bit: it allows a parade of NSA apologists to concoct a fresh new excuse for each revelation, then look like the untrustworthy puppets they are once the next abuse blows their ad hoc rationale out of the water.