<story><title>Why only 1% of the Snowden Archive will ever be published</title><url>https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366554957/Why-only-1-of-the-Snowden-Archive-will-ever-be-published</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>saulpw</author><text>&amp;gt; a capable public can make this determination&lt;p&gt;The public is not capable, either technically nor emotionally nor politically.</text></item><item><author>garciasn</author><text>&amp;gt; Why was only 1% of the documents published, in the end? “The documents are not like the WikiLeaks ones from the US state department, which were written by diplomats and, for the most part, easily understandable,” said Ewen MacAskill. “The Snowden files are largely technical, with lots of codewords and jargon that is hard to decipher. There are pages and pages of that which the public would not be interested in. There are also documents that relate to operational matters. Snowden said from the start he wanted us to report on issues related to mass surveillance, not operational matters. So we stuck to that.”&lt;p&gt;Ignoring the operational limitation requirement (of which there is no way it&amp;#x27;s 99% vs 1%), a capable public can make this determination; we do not need journalists doing it for us. I am uninterested in the journalistic value of these documents; I am interested in the public value of potentially knowing the content of those documents and how the government is surveilling us and&amp;#x2F;or abusing their authority.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;“The bottom line is that Snowden is facing charges under the Espionage Act. If he was ever to return to the US and face trial, the documents could be used against him.&lt;p&gt;Snowden knew this when he leaked the documents and he now resides, ironically, in one of the most surveilled countries in the world. He believed he was acting in the best interests on the public and is it NOT the job of journalists to protect a known source entity; they are to protect unknown sources.&lt;p&gt;Release MORE of the files, your profits and&amp;#x2F;or biased concerns for the journalistic value of the information shared be dammed. There is WAY more at stake.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jerf</author><text>The public is not capable of creating an open source ecosystem of highly technical software spanning almost every software genre with multiple options across decades.&lt;p&gt;The public is not just the bottom most or the average member. It&amp;#x27;s everyone. If &amp;quot;the public&amp;quot; is not capable of understanding this information neither are the members of &amp;quot;the public&amp;quot; normally producing and consuming this information.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why only 1% of the Snowden Archive will ever be published</title><url>https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366554957/Why-only-1-of-the-Snowden-Archive-will-ever-be-published</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>saulpw</author><text>&amp;gt; a capable public can make this determination&lt;p&gt;The public is not capable, either technically nor emotionally nor politically.</text></item><item><author>garciasn</author><text>&amp;gt; Why was only 1% of the documents published, in the end? “The documents are not like the WikiLeaks ones from the US state department, which were written by diplomats and, for the most part, easily understandable,” said Ewen MacAskill. “The Snowden files are largely technical, with lots of codewords and jargon that is hard to decipher. There are pages and pages of that which the public would not be interested in. There are also documents that relate to operational matters. Snowden said from the start he wanted us to report on issues related to mass surveillance, not operational matters. So we stuck to that.”&lt;p&gt;Ignoring the operational limitation requirement (of which there is no way it&amp;#x27;s 99% vs 1%), a capable public can make this determination; we do not need journalists doing it for us. I am uninterested in the journalistic value of these documents; I am interested in the public value of potentially knowing the content of those documents and how the government is surveilling us and&amp;#x2F;or abusing their authority.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;“The bottom line is that Snowden is facing charges under the Espionage Act. If he was ever to return to the US and face trial, the documents could be used against him.&lt;p&gt;Snowden knew this when he leaked the documents and he now resides, ironically, in one of the most surveilled countries in the world. He believed he was acting in the best interests on the public and is it NOT the job of journalists to protect a known source entity; they are to protect unknown sources.&lt;p&gt;Release MORE of the files, your profits and&amp;#x2F;or biased concerns for the journalistic value of the information shared be dammed. There is WAY more at stake.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>noman-land</author><text>Whether you like it or not, this is not your determination to make.</text></comment>