Edward Snowden wrote:

> Binney, Drake, Kiriakou, and Manning are all examples of how overly-harsh 
> responses to public-interest whistle-blowing only escalate the scale, scope, 
> and skill involved in future disclosures. Citizens with a conscience are not 
> going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the 
> conscience forbids it. Instead, these draconian responses simply build better 
> whistleblowers. If the Obama administration responds with an even harsher 
> hand against me, they can be assured that they'll soon find themselves facing 
> an equally harsh public response.

He says better what I try to say on this thread before:

> The state cannot process all that data and get anything straight out
> of it without *people* with wills, with hearts and minds.  And if they
> must use people, then they are exposed to whistle-blowing, etc.  For
> every Edward Snowden they terrorize, n others will get back at them
> smarter and just as courageous.
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