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> And again, no proof was presented to indicate that this is the case.

That what is the case? That the full archive contains information that would compromise ongoing operations?

We already know that the archive includes operational details. For example, the IP addresses of NSA targets in Hong Kong and China that Snowden released[1] in order to (as Greenwald put it) "ingratiate himself to the people of Hong Kong and China”[2].

Besides, if the archive didn't contain any such information, why didn't he simply dump the entire archive onto the Internet, WikiLeaks-style? I seem to recall that the stated reason for releasing it through newspapers was so that they could redact any such information before publishing it.

1: http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1260306/edward-sn...

2: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/25/greenwald-s...




> Besides, if the archive didn't contain any such information, why didn't he simply dump the entire archive onto the Internet, WikiLeaks-style?

Because then all the NSA apologists would be harping on their favourite theme of irresponsible disclosure, see also: wikileaks, Manning.




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