Roughly 1.5 million people have top secret clearance[1], I would personally be a...

aspensmonster · on June 21, 2013

I'm personally alarmed that so many people (presumably) have had access to this material and yet these leaks are only _now_ coming out.

kryten · on June 21, 2013

Most government employees with top secret clearance (DV in the UK) like I was are scared of the consequences of breaking the rules.

When someone puts their life on the line and opens their mouth, there is enough attention on the matter for other people to come forward safely.

If the attention is not there, people disappear (without trial in some cases) and end up rotting in jail somewhere.

Phlarp · on June 21, 2013

Comments like this are really telling of how far down that slippery slope we already are. Troubling.

kryten · on June 22, 2013

It's always been like it. It is just publicised now thanks to free communication over the Internet.