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Why only 1% of the Snowden Archive will ever be published

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  1. Sodliddesu
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    The tl;dr from the article. Still an interesting read about the fact that the whole archive is still sitting in a locked office - just not published. I suppose obviously the feds know that raiding...

    Why was only 1% of the Snowden archive published by the journalists who had full access to it? Ewen MacAskill replied: β€œThe main reason for only a small percentage – though, given the mass of documents, 1% is still a lot – was diminishing interest.”

    The tl;dr from the article. Still an interesting read about the fact that the whole archive is still sitting in a locked office - just not published. I suppose obviously the feds know that raiding a publications offices is a bad look.

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  2. donn
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    I'd wager there's also the aspect of some of the documents just being a general threat to national security if published- and enough has already been revealed to get the general gist. The world...

    I'd wager there's also the aspect of some of the documents just being a general threat to national security if published- and enough has already been revealed to get the general gist.

    The world collectively not caring though has been disheartening. I've seen more guilt-tripping Snowden seeking refuge in the one country that'll take him rather than anger over mass surveillance.

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