On 13-08-27 02:06 PM, Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb wrote: > > On 27 Aug 2013, at 18:44, The Doctor <drwho@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Signed PGP part >> On 08/26/2013 07:29 AM, Nathan Suchy wrote: >>> First off Edward Snowden did not need anonymity. He went public on >>> this. >> >> Is it known if he chose to go public, or if it was a condition of the >> leak being published by the Guardian? > > From memory, the first interview he did with Greenwald and Poitras (sp?) he said he decided to go public, along the lines that he couldn't stand up and stay quiet. (I am paraphrasing, and from memory.) There is/was a lot of preparation before going public as a whistleblower. You have to make contacts in the press and work with them to ensure the story gets published at all, nevermind keeping it focused on the facts and not on yourself as the press is wont to do. That takes time, during which you could be noticed, tracked down and silenced.
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